Re: Language pack resources aren't used

Hi Cor,

I've found your report on connect: https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=438933
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This results in an English UI.
I was not able to install the Dutch Language pack on my computer.
It simply does nothing.

This is the result of an envoy from a message in a newsgroup from an Microsoft Customer

CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = New System.Globalization.CultureInfo("nl-NL")
CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = New System.Globalization.CultureInfo("nl-NL")
MessageBox.Show(CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.DisplayName, "In Dutch it is Ja and Nee", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo)
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But you've missed my point. You experience problems installing .Net language packs on Vista unless you have the equivalent MUI pack installed. FYI: If you install the redistributable/full .Net 3.5SP1 package (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=AB99342F-5D1A-413D-8319-81DA479AB0D7&displaylang=en) it automatically tries to download the language pack related to the current MUI during install if you do not specify /LANG:ENU as a parameter to the setup. Installation time heavily increases and .Net 3.5 without SP1 even crashed when setup isn't able to download the language pack. So it isn't what anyone would expect from a "redistributable/full" package. But that is not the problem I have.

There are also some other issues with .Net language packs:
' Why .NET Framework 2.0 language packs will not install correctly on Windows Vista: http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2007/01/01/why-net-framework-2-0-language-packs-will-not-install-correctly-on-windows-vista.aspx
' (2) .NET 2.0 Langauge Packs Install Bug on Vista x86 [language pack vista localization]: https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=248621
' Enumerating available localized language resources in .NET: http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2006/03/25/560838.aspx
' Right behavior, wrong scenario: http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2007/01/02/1396598.aspx
' The .NET Framework 3.0 redistributable language packs and the ..NET Framework 2.0 redistributable language packs are not designed for use with Windows Vista-based computers: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928637


But back to my problem. I explain it again for Vista.
Lets say you have an english Vista with 2 _MUI_ packs installed. For example french and dutch. Then you install .Net 3.5 SP1 while logged on with a dutch MUI active. If you have internet access the dutch language pack will be downloaded and installed during setup automatically. Afterwards you install the french .Net language pack to give users that log on using the french MUI the localized .Net ressources; especially error messages and like in your example button labels.

If you now log on using the dutch MUI you get the correct localized DisplayName for the ga-ie culture in dutch, but after changing the CurrentUICulture to fr-fr you don't get the french localized DisplayName for the ga-ie culture. Instead you get the NativeName.
MsgBox(System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture.Name)
MsgBox(System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture.Name & ": " & (New System.Globalization.CultureInfo("ga-ie")).DisplayName)
System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = New System.Globalization.CultureInfo("fr-fr")
MsgBox(System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture.Name & ": " & (New System.Globalization.CultureInfo("ga-ie")).DisplayName)

When you log on using the french MUI you get the localized french DisplayName but not the dutch one.
MsgBox(System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture.Name)
MsgBox(System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture.Name & ": " & (New System.Globalization.CultureInfo("ga-ie")).DisplayName)
System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = New System.Globalization.CultureInfo("nl-nl")
MsgBox(System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture.Name & ": " & (New System.Globalization.CultureInfo("ga-ie")).DisplayName)

So how can I get the localized dutch DisplayName for the ga-ie culture while logged on with a french MUI?

Installing the dutch Vista MUI + .Net languag packe + setting the CurrentUICulture doesn't work.

This problem doesn't occur with all cultures. If you replace ga-ie by en-ie in the example above the correct localized DisplayNames will be retrieved.


Regards,

Peter

Cor Ligthert[MVP] wrote:
Hi Peter,

I have tried it, since short I have installed an English OS on my computer, I see now the same behaviour as you told.
As far as I remembered it me when I was using a Dutch OS it was going right to English.

I have reported this on Connect.

Cor

"Peter Gibbons" <Peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23YAQhTzyJHA.3872@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Cor,

you can see that casing doesn't matter by stepping into the framework code. It's at the beginning of the CultureInfo constructor.
Any other ideas about the wrong DisplayNames? Did you try my example code?


Regards,

Peter

Cor Ligthert[MVP] wrote:
You are right,

I always make this mistake, did you try it or are you only assuming?

Cor

"Peter Gibbons" <Peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23fT8WgvyJHA.3872@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Herllo Cor,

in the documentation the opposite casing like you use is mentioned <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.globalization.cultureinfo(VS.80).aspx>. I assume casing isn't relevant.
Any other ideas why the DisplayNames aren't correct with CurrentUICulture different from the current system/user settings?

Regards,

Peter

Cor Ligthert[MVP] wrote:
Peter,

I don't know if it matters but I always use "NL-nl" or things like that (first in uppercase and second in lowercase)

Cor

"Peter Gibbons" <Peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Org%23VRqyJHA.4136@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello,

I have a localized german Windows XP SP3 with .Net 3.5 SP1 and german and french language packs for the Framework installed.

When I use the following code the DisplayName information for the ga-ie culture I get the NativeName instead of the localized ones for the CurrentUICultures I have previously set, except for de-de.


MsgBox(System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture.Name)
System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = New System.Globalization.CultureInfo("de-de")
MsgBox(System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture.Name & ": " & (New System.Globalization.CultureInfo("ga-ie")).DisplayName)
MsgBox(System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture.Name & ": " & (New System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-ie")).DisplayName)
System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = New System.Globalization.CultureInfo("fr-fr")
MsgBox(System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture.Name & ": " & (New System.Globalization.CultureInfo("ga-ie")).DisplayName)
MsgBox(System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture.Name & ": " & (New System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-ie")).DisplayName)
System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = New System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-us")
MsgBox(System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture.Name & ": " & (New System.Globalization.CultureInfo("ga-ie")).DisplayName)
MsgBox(System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture.Name & ": " & (New System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-ie")).DisplayName)

I've also tested with the Windows 7 RC + all operating system language packs installed and I only get the correct localized DisplayNames for the CurrentUICulture that is the current users default.

For example, when I install the spanish and japanese Windows 7 language packs I have to set the whole user profile to spanish or japanese to get the localized DisplayNames.
How can I retrieve the localiued DisplayNames without changing the system/user profile?

It shouldn't matter what system (XP/Vista/7/x86/x64) you use to reproduce this but you should have at least 2 languages for .Net installed. Either through a .Net language pack (like http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=fr&FamilyID=8489ed13-b831-4855-96f7-dd35e4c02a20) or with Vista and obove an operating system MUI pack.


Kind regards,

Peter
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