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Nischo
Nischo

Reputation: 454

Localizing MVC3 Validation Messages

I'm trying to localize the validation messages of the data-annotations. I thought that it could be done as described here: Supporting ASP.NET MVC 3 Validation with Non-English Locales.

Now it says that ASP.NET MVC and types in the System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations namespace use their own localized messages. So is that more or less useless to me and only a help for formatting for example prices?

But back to the real question, so the only way to localize the validation messages is doing something like this? localize default model validation in mvc 2

Just trying to get some clearification here, thanks =)

Upvotes: 6

Views: 5447

Answers (3)

Michael Sander
Michael Sander

Reputation: 2737

Just install the the dot net 4 full language pack in the desired language and you will get the localization of the DataAnnotations validation messages.

Upvotes: 0

slfan
slfan

Reputation: 9129

The resources for the data annotations are in the .NET Framework 4. You have to install the language pack for the .NET Framework.

Upvotes: 3

Darin Dimitrov
Darin Dimitrov

Reputation: 1038770

You could use resource files:

public class UserViewModel
{
    [Required(ErrorMessageResourceName = "Required", ErrorMessageResourceType = typeof(UserResources))]
    [Display(Name = "FirstName", ResourceType = typeof(UserResources))]
    public string FirstName { get; set; }
}

You may checkout the following blog post as well.

Upvotes: 3

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