Trying find some good examples of support different languages in VB.NET. I've read sites on System.Globalization and resource files but none explain fully how to implement them in my application.
What happens to the form title, msgbox strings etc. How do I make these multilingual?
I have a multilingual company website (Visual Studio / VB / ASP.NET 4.0), and when, on the homepage, you click a flag, the text changes to that language and stays with you the entire session, after I made a class, BasePage.vb. Everything works great, but the URL never changes .... clients.aspx remains clients.aspx although the text DOES switch to Dutch.
It's been recommended by @Aritstos to make it so it looks like clients.aspx?lang=nl as opposed to just clients.aspx in another language.
Currently, my asp homepage hyperlinks that work look like this:
<asp:LinkButton ID="LinkButton7" runat="server"
CommandArgument="nl" OnClick="RequestLanguageChange_Click"
class="flagbutton">
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I am currently working on converting an app from VB6 to VB.NET 2.0 - I am only using 2.0 to provide Win 2k compatibility, AFAIK, Win 2k can't run any framework newer then 2.0. Part of the conversion includes moving multilingual support over. In the VB6 version, we were storing the translated text in an Excel document - the xls could be passed to translators. A script in the xls file would dump the languages to individual text files and generate a LanguageRescource.rc file which was then compiled using RC.exe.
When the app started or the user selected a language, the resource file was read using:
Public Sub LoadLang(ByVal LangNum As Byte)
Dim bData() As Byte
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It was then split using vbNewLine as a delimiter and the lines assigned to the labels and to a public array for use in other places in the program (message boxes, log files, etc). Doing the same thing in .NET doesn't seem possible, or is rather convoluted. I have read many articles on globalisation, localisation, etc and it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. I am wanting to have the language files built in to the executable, not as dependencies. From what I can tell after reading all of this information is there are at least 2, if not more to do it.
1) Use form localisation. This would require changing all the captions and things for each language, this would in turn generate frmMain.<lang>.resx files.
The correct file would be loaded automatically on form/program startup and is hard to change at runtime if the user wishes. it would also cost me a fair bit of time to add every one of the 23 languages. It also would not satisfy my other requirements of message boxes and output to log files.
2) Make a resource file and store the strings in there, in a similar fashion to what I was doing in VB6. The problem is, how do I separate each languages strings? Each resx file only seems to be capable of storing on string table.
I hope someone can help. I was "volunteered" to come up with an application for a local charity group. What they are looking for is a system that will track[code]...
They picked me to help as I have done some computer work and for them that means I'm an expert.What they want is for me to use a Visual Basic front-end talking to MySQL. I know enough to realize that most systems DON'T work out first time and the chances are even less if that person (Me) has not much experience.
Anyone got any good examples of using the Microsoft Chart Controls?
What I'm trying to do is use a line graph. What I'm trying to do is graph stock prices. I have the date of each day for the past year in a list of strings called stock_date, and the closing price in another list of strings called close.
How do you get the stock_date to be on the x-axis, and the close price on the y_axis[code]...
Can anyone provide an example of .NET scripting? Some dynamic languages support functions like eval() or compile() than let you compile and execute a string in run-time. VBCodeProvider seems to be a related namespace, but i can't find an example showing how to compile and execute code. Edit: I'm developing a ASP.NET site using VB.NET. Some behavior need to be dynamic and scripted.
View 8 RepliesI'm an inquisitive .NET student without any commercial working knowledge and I have been puzzled by what exactlty are .NET languages meant for? Q1.If you look on job websites, .NET seems mainly used for web applications, not much for Windows applications? (My dream job is to develop standalone small Windows applications.)
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visual basic.net is case insensitive so it allows the coder to write without caring or remembering the casing of variables. it also relieves from the 'undeclared variable' errors if you use the variable in another case than the one used in declaration. The fact that its line termination is a line feed makes it even more readable unlike C# or c++ that need good care in the casing and contineous war with following up with the {}, matching them and figuring out which is for which.my question is what are the advantages of c# over vb knowing that both get compiled to MSIL so there is almost no performance difference between the two languages?
View 1 RepliesI compiled some VB6 code on my Win7 x64 machine and the result .exe will not run correctly on any other machine. VB6 code is just a new template .exe file with one button, a reference to "Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.6 Library" and the following code in the button press event: Dim db Set db = New ADODB.Connection It runs correctly on my machine, but no others (even other Win7 x64 machines) (Update: I found TWO other users where it runs and one of them is Jeff Atwood!, but most machines have the same problem)
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I'm trying to learn how to make multilingual apps. All defaults text for controls are saved in Form1.resx (Created automatically by VB.NET). I've set the Localizable property to True and Language to German(Austria). So far so good and VB.NET created the file Form1.de-AT.resx.Both resource file contain text for the different controls on the form. When I click on a particular button on the form, I want a custom message to be displayed according to the language setting/resource file in use.In both Form1.resx and Form1.de-AT.resx i've added another row for the custom message. How do I write the code so that when the button is clicked, it retrieves the custom message from the appropriate resource file? [code]Another thing, is Localization only for changing language or does it affect date and number formats also? Just asking because if a PC Regional Options settings is set to English(United Kingdom) and I do 5/2 the result is 2.5. If it's set to German(Austria) the result returned is 2,5But in VB.NET, if I use Thread. CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = New CultureInfo("de-AT") (i.e German-Austria) the result returned for 5/2 is 2.5 and not 2,5
View 1 RepliesI need to write multilingual application (two languages). That's means labels, buttons and other objects on forms display in language which user can select. This n-tier (3-tier) application with central database on remote machine.
View 15 RepliesNeed a procedure in SQL for translate a datatable in English to Arabic .I am having English table which is having category ID ,Code etc upto 25 columns in the SQL Database.We want to translate this table to arabic when user opts for Arabic .So need a procedure to convert this English table to Arabic.Do i want to use google translator for this case . Then how will it is linked with database .
View 1 RepliesI want to update my existing application(s) to support multiple languagescultures.
There are a lot of artilcles on Globalization and using cultureinfo class.
I haven't came accross any article which tells about the approach to carry out such conversions.
From what i can see is that I have to update all my interface text , consider culture specific number, date formats and string comparisons.
1. What is most recommendedused method for setting interface text to support multiple languages.
2. Are there any tools available which helps me carry out these changes
I am developing an multilingual application in vb.net 2008.I had given a combobox for language selection when user select any language like marathi or hindi then all labels are change in the selected language but i am facing problem with textbox if i select any language it takes input from user in english only.I want when user select any language and enter data in textbox then he is able to enter data in the selected language.
View 2 Repliesimplmentation of using resource files for my UI, based of user preference.
Note: Ive never worked with resources files before for creating a multi-lingual app.
also this might be placed on the wrong forum board.
design a form with multilingual on interface depend on the user!
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View 4 RepliesWe have localized our application menubar(Ex: Spanish language).The menubar menuitems have few shortcut keys i.e CTRL + N along with the text. The shortcut key is diplaying in some dummy character.We want the menuitem (Ex: New File CTRL+ N) text in local language and CTRL+ N should display as English
cMenuBar.Font = New Font(Configfontname, Configfontsize)
strMenuText = rsManager.GetString("cbmNewFold")
cbmNewFold = New CommandBarButton(ilToolbar20.Images.Item(0), strMenuText, New
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Almost every example of MVVM I found is coded in C#, are there any examples/tutorials coded in VB.Net? I'm having a hard time translating C# to VB.Net since I haven't really used C# in any meaningful way...Also, does a MVVM Template/Toolkit for VB.Net exist yet?
View 4 RepliesDeveloping a multilingual application in VB.Net 2008, Im able to add resources to forms and create a multilingual forms depending on uiculture. On reading Msdn on creating the multilingual string values for messagebox contents, have added the .resource file to the project files path as specified. There is no error on compilation but throws the MissingManifestResourceException error
Dim rm As ResourceManager
rm = ResourceManager.CreateFileBasedResourceManager("strFormResources", ".", Nothing)
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There is strFormResources.resources and strFormResources.fr-FR.resources in Resources of the project. I have searched for this error details but could not find a solution. What am i doing wrong or is there any other method for displaying multilingual strings in the messagebox.
Are there any examples of PC Audit software or tutorials/code? While I found 80% of my questions on this forum, like how to retrieve ram info, how to retrieve hard drive space, etc..
View 1 RepliesMy click-once app has english and spanish content. In development, it runs fine with the two resource files I have - named multilingual.en-US.resx & multilingual.es-MX.resx accordingly. When I publish it looses these resources for referencing.The files reside in the root directory for the app.
View 1 Repliesexample of a user-defined exception in VB.Net. I already have two examples that I was able to find online, but other than that, I cannot think of any more. I need to find at least 5 to put in my notes, and then submit to my teacher.The two I have so far are: invalid login information (such as improper username or password), and expired credit card information on an online store.
View 3 RepliesIs there a way to include examples for multiple languages (C# and Visual Basic, for example) in XML documentation?
I'm using SandCastle to build MSDN-style documentation and would like to include usage examples for a few .NET languages.
from the insert code, I don't quite know how to make it into update.some examples on update of data.Here is the code for the insert part:Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
conn.ConnectionString = "PROVIDER=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source = G:MajorProjectFileProjectSampledatabaseUser.mdb"
sql = "SELECT * FROM customer"
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I have been searching but unable to find any code examples of using a GPS coordinate to navigate to another GPS by road way. Is there a dll from MS Streets and Trips or any other software that would allow this to happen? This would also need to be done offline, so no Google or other online serive call outs.
View 1 RepliesI am looking to learn as much about the free source html aglity pack but 99% of what I am running into is code mostly in c sharp. Is VB.NET not the preferred language for html agility pack?
View 2 RepliesWhere can I find complex LINQ examples made using VB.NET Lambda Expression syntax?During my searches I always found 101 LINQ Samples but they use the other notation and for me is not always clear how to transform that code into a lambda expression.
View 1 RepliesI have a routine that is called when an unhandled exception occures.It is called by the MyApplication_UnhandledException method in applicationEvents (which handles Me.UnhandledException)
I am looking for some code that manages disects the data provided to generate information that is of benefit to the debugging team.
I'm trying to teach myself how to create multi-threaded applications in Visual Basic Express 2008. I found a page headed "Creating Threads and Passing Data at Start Time" in the Library here -
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However, I can't get any of the examples on that page to run. I pasted the code from an example into a new Project in my IDE but pressing F5 just gives me build errors which I have no idea how to resolve. It's probably something trivial but I can't progress with these examples. Please can somebody tell me what I need to add to get them to run