C# 4 and .NET 4

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Because registering custom languages on the system requires administrative privileges, an application
manifest file is required that specifies the requested execution rights. In the project properties, the manifest
file needs to be set in the Application settings.
The newly created culture can now be used like other cultures:
var ci = new CultureInfo("de-AT-ST");
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = ci;
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = ci;
code snippet CustomCultures/app.manifest
You can use the culture for formatting and also for resources. If you start the Cultures in Action application
that was written earlier in this chapter again, you can see the custom culture as well.
summary
This chapter discussed the globalization and localization of .NET applications.
In the context of globalization of applications, you learned about using the namespace System
.Globalization to format culture-dependent numbers and dates. Furthermore, you learned that sorting
strings by default depends on the culture, and you used the invariant culture for a culture-independent sort.
Using the CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder class, you’ve learned how to create a custom culture.
Localization of applications is accomplished by using resources. Resources can be packed into files, satellite
assemblies, or a custom store such as a database. The classes used with localization are in the namespace
System.Resources. For reading resources from other places, such as satellite assemblies or resource files,
you can create a custom resource reader.
You have seen how to localize Windows Forms, WPF, and ASP.NET applications. Besides all that, you’ve
learned some important vocabulary in different languages.
The next chapter provides information about a completely different topic — transactions. Don’t expect that
transactions will only be useful with databases. In addition to database transactions, the chapter gives you
information on memory-based transactional resources and a transactional file system.
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