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Marc
Marc

Reputation: 16512

Resources don't load current culture

I'm trying to change the culture on a ASP.NET Web API 2 but I can't figure out which function to override

I have tried ExecuteAsync and Initialize but the application uses the English resources no matter what.

This is how I set the culture 

        protected void SetCulture(string cultureName)
        {
            // Validate culture name
            cultureName = CultureHelper.GetImplementedCulture(cultureName);

            // Modify current thread's cultures            
            Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo(cultureName);
            Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture;
        }

        protected override void Initialize(HttpControllerContext controllerContext)
        {
             if (controllerContext.Request.Headers.AcceptLanguage != null &&
                controllerContext.Request.Headers.AcceptLanguage.Count > 0)
             {
                 string language = controllerContext.Request.Headers.AcceptLanguage.First().Value;

                 SetCulture(language);
             }
            base.Initialize(controllerContext);
        }

and here the resources is always in English. I have put a watch on Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture and it says fr

        private void SendConfirmationEmail(string userId)
        {
            ...
            UserManager.SendEmail(userId,
                Resources.Resources.ConfirmAccount,
                Resources.Resources.PleaseClickToConfirmAccount
                                                + callbackUrl);

        }

How can we set the current culture?

EDIT

I have the same problem after setting the culture in the Global.asax

        protected void Application_BeginRequest(Object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            HttpRequest currentRequest = HttpContext.Current.Request;
            if (currentRequest.Headers.AllKeys.Contains("Accept-Language"))
            {
                string culture = currentRequest.Headers["Accept-Language"].ToString();
                SetCulture(culture);
            }
        }

The Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture equals fr. I don't understand why the resources are still in English!

EDIT 2

I created resource files in the properties of the Web API project and now it works.

So the problem is with the resources.dll.

I don't understand why the API can't choose the good resources file with the resources.dll. Maybe the resources.fr.resx is not with the dll.

Upvotes: 5

Views: 4536

Answers (1)

Marc
Marc

Reputation: 16512

I figured out the problem.

When you compile a project with resources, it creates a folder for each culture with a .dll

So I had to copy those folders too. Not only resources.dll because this is only the default language. That's why no matter what was the culture, my resources were in English.

So to use resources.dll

  1. you have to import that reference
  2. copy all your culture folders in the bin folder with all the .dll

Note: you don't have to add a reference for each culture, only your default one.

Upvotes: 6

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