RE: Is it possible to install multiple locales of the .NET Framework?

From: Cowboy (Gregory A. Beamer) - MVP (NoSpamMgbworld_at_comcast.netNoSpamM)
Date: 12/29/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 08:49:06 -0800

Framework? I do not believe so. UI, however, is not dependent on the
Framework language. You can change UI bits by changing the culture of the
thread that outputs the UI (if you are not multi-threading, this is the
CurrentThread). Change culture and you can quickly change the language of the
UI bits.

Take a look at globalization and localization topics on the MSDN web site
(http://msdn.microsoft.com) and you will see a rather expansive list of
articles and help files on this topic. There is even a localization toolkit,
although it is a bit dated.

The basic process, for UI, is to set up specific culture resource files and
the UI can pull the culture specific strings for any element that requires a
different language. 

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Gregory A. Beamer
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"Greg" wrote:
> I have a C# Windows Forms application that must be capable of switching the 
> UI between English-Canadian and French-Canadian at runtime.  I am told that 
> when installing the Framework on a client computer, only one language may be 
> selected.  Is there a way to install support for more than one language when 
> installing the .NET framework?  It can be done with .NET apps, so it seems 
> odd this is not possible with the Framework itself.

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