Globalization and Localization
The small but important concept in dotnet framework is Globalization and Localization. It is required when the application that you make are regional dependent that means that application is compatible for using in different countries. As we know that the default currency fromate is $ we can change this when application will be used only in india to “Rs” as in india the rupees symbol is not “$”. So, here i explains the need of Localization and Globalization.
Globalization: A globalized application can formate any value to proper fromate depend on the location, where the application is used. For example the currency symbol in india is Rs, in america it is $, so if a globlized application is used in india as well as in america it must fromate it appropiately based on the location.
Localization: The localized application must be the language compatible. That means it retrives the appropiate string and display it accordingly to the location, for example in india the application works in hindi, US it works in english etc.
Before moving ahead you must know about Culture. The culture are nothing but the regional representation of the languages in a fixed formate. Like
hindi ”hi”
hindi india ”hi-IN”
marathi india ”mr-IN”
englisg language “en”
english- Canada ”en-CA”
you have to set the culture according to the location.The current culture
can be set as following
System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = New System.Globalization.CultureInfo(“mr-IN”)
you can also read what culture is currenly set by
dim currculture as CultureInfo
currculture=CultureIno.CurrentCulture
This is about the Globalization and Localization.
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