C# 4 and .NET 4

602 ❘ ChaPTer 22 lOcAlizAtiOn
Because the sysglobl assembly is not in the .NET Framework 4 Client Profi le, you
have to set the Target Framework with the project settings for .NET Framework 4 to
reference it.
With the constructor of the class CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder , you can pass the culture ’ s name. The
second argument of the constructor requires an enumeration of type CultureAndRegionModifiers .
This enumeration allows one of three values: Neutral for a neutral culture, Replacement if an existing
Framework culture should be replaced, or None .
After the CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder object is instantiated, you can confi gure the culture by setting
properties. With the properties of this class, you can defi ne all the cultural and regional information
such as name, calendar, number format, metric information, and so on. If the culture should be
based on existing cultures and regions, you can set the properties of the instance using the methods
LoadDataFromCultureInfo() and LoadDataFromRegionInfo() , and change the values that are different
by setting the properties afterward.
Calling the method Register() registers the new culture with the operating system. Indeed, you can fi nd
the fi le that describes the culture in the directory Globalization \ indows> w <
. Look for fi les with the
extension .nlp.
using System;
using System.Globalization;
namespace CustomCultures
{
class Program
{
static void Main()
{
try
{
// Create a Styria culture
var styria = new CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder("de-AT-ST",
CultureAndRegionModifiers.None);
var cultureParent = new CultureInfo("de-AT");
styria.LoadDataFromCultureInfo(cultureParent);
styria.LoadDataFromRegionInfo(new RegionInfo("AT"));
styria.Parent = cultureParent;
styria.RegionNativeName = "Steiermark";
styria.RegionEnglishName = "Styria";
styria.CultureEnglishName = "Styria (Austria)";
styria.CultureNativeName = "Steirisch";
styria.Register();
}
catch (UnauthorizedAccessException ex)
{
Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
}
}
}
}
code snippet CustomCultures/Program.cs
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