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Re: How to localize Silverlight 2.0

slyi — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:37:04 GMT

I updated the on-demand sample to use server side auto-detection http://wpf-e.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2B248D261D0E0035!264.entry

Please dont reply on thread anymore as even I am getting lost on this very old thread, as it is a mix of beta1 and beta 2 loc.
Please start a new thread for any other loc specific questions.

How to localize Silverlight 2.0

neo-nasser — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:04:44 GMT

I ve already read it, but since I'm novice in silverlight's application(this is my first one), it was difficult to understand all these conversations. if it is possible, I'd like to have a specific example.(the codebehind whit the resource management)

especelly how to uplaod the navigator language and dealing with the resource files.

thanks

Re: How to localize Silverlight 2.0

jordanhammond — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:15:55 GMT

have a read of this blog.

http://wpf-e.spaces.live.com/

How to localize Silverlight 2.0

neo-nasser — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:08:42 GMT

hi, I'm developping a silverlight web site with VS 2008 and Blend 2. I'd like to make it international:

1- to upload the navigator language and use it at first.

2- then uploading other languages from a resource file.

can you please tell me how to do! how to deal with resource file and how to uplaod the navigator language?

it would be great if you ilustrate it with an exemple of the code (codebehind).

thanks in advance

Re: Re: Re: How to localize Silverlight 2.0

silver139 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:07:11 GMT

I have tried to add a resx file in one of the local projects and it still has the same display problems in Blend and VS. In addition I have tried adding a local <usercontrol.resources> string like you suggested and that works just fine. So it appears to just be resx files.

This will be a rather large SL project so I am partitioning it so it will scale better. Obvisouly I'd like to keep the string resources in one place in a seprate dll that all projects can access.

On a seperate question, WPF has Resource Dictionaries, do you know if Microsoft plans to add this to SL buy release time? In addition to strings, I'd like to keep color, styles, etc in this single resource dll.

Re: Re: Re: How to localize Silverlight 2.0

slyi — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:21:47 GMT

Looking at your tree, your resources are in seperate dll and referenced ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.Resource.

Does the designer UI also break if you have any reference other dll in use your <usercontrol.resources> or just resx files?

Re: Re: Re: How to localize Silverlight 2.0

silver139 — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:54:19 GMT

It does appear to be all usercontrols. For now I am doing all my design work and will come back through in one past add the text to the resource file and bind everything.

+---ININ.MIC.MICAdmin
¦   ¦   adminMain.xaml.cs
¦   ¦   adminMain.xaml
¦   ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.csproj
¦   ¦   App.xaml
¦   ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.sln
¦   ¦   adminHome.xaml
¦   ¦   adminHome.xaml.cs
¦   ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.csproj.user
¦   ¦   Page.xaml
¦   ¦   App.xaml.cs
¦   ¦   Page.xaml.cs
¦   ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.sln.cache
¦   ¦   micAdmin.xaml
¦   ¦   micLogin.xaml
¦   ¦   micAdmin.xaml.cs
¦   ¦   micLogin.xaml.cs
¦   ¦   ServiceReferences.ClientConfig
¦   ¦
¦   +---Properties
¦   ¦       AppManifest.xml
¦   ¦       AssemblyInfo.cs
¦   ¦
¦   +---ClientBin
¦   ¦   ¦   Liquid.dll
¦   ¦   ¦   System.Windows.Controls.Data.dll
¦   ¦   ¦   System.Windows.Controls.Extended.dll
¦   ¦   ¦   System.Windows.Controls.Extended.xml
¦   ¦   ¦   System.Windows.Controls.Data.xml
¦   ¦   ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.dll
¦   ¦   ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.pdb
¦   ¦   ¦   AppManifest.xaml
¦   ¦   ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.xap
¦   ¦   ¦   TestPage.html
¦   ¦   ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.Resource.dll
¦   ¦   ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.Resource.pdb
¦   ¦   ¦
¦   ¦   +---ja
¦   ¦   ¦       System.Windows.Controls.Extended.resources.dll
¦   ¦   ¦       System.Windows.Controls.Data.resources.dll
¦   ¦   ¦
¦   ¦   +---de
¦   ¦   ¦       System.Windows.Controls.Extended.resources.dll
¦   ¦   ¦       System.Windows.Controls.Data.resources.dll
¦   ¦   ¦
¦   ¦   +---es
¦   ¦   ¦       System.Windows.Controls.Extended.resources.dll
¦   ¦   ¦       System.Windows.Controls.Data.resources.dll
¦   ¦   ¦
¦   ¦   +---fr
¦   ¦   ¦       System.Windows.Controls.Extended.resources.dll
¦   ¦   ¦       System.Windows.Controls.Data.resources.dll
¦   ¦   ¦
¦   ¦   +---it
¦   ¦   ¦       System.Windows.Controls.Extended.resources.dll
¦   ¦   ¦       System.Windows.Controls.Data.resources.dll
¦   ¦   ¦
¦   ¦   +---ko
¦   ¦   ¦       System.Windows.Controls.Extended.resources.dll
¦   ¦   ¦       System.Windows.Controls.Data.resources.dll
¦   ¦   ¦
¦   ¦   +---zh-hant
¦   ¦   ¦       System.Windows.Controls.Data.Resources.dll
¦   ¦   ¦       System.Windows.Controls.Extended.Resources.dll
¦   ¦   ¦
¦   ¦   +---zh-hans
¦   ¦           System.Windows.Controls.Data.Resources.dll
¦   ¦           System.Windows.Controls.Extended.Resources.dll
¦   ¦
¦   +---obj
¦   ¦   +---Debug
¦   ¦       ¦   App.g.cs
¦   ¦       ¦   Page.g.cs
¦   ¦       ¦   micAdmin.g.cs
¦   ¦       ¦   micLogin.g.cs
¦   ¦       ¦   adminHome.g.cs
¦   ¦       ¦   adminMain.g.cs
¦   ¦       ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.g.resources
¦   ¦       ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.pdb
¦   ¦       ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.dll
¦   ¦       ¦   XapCacheFile.xml
¦   ¦       ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.csproj.FileListAbsolute.txt
¦   ¦       ¦   ResolveAssemblyReference.cache
¦   ¦       ¦
¦   ¦       +---TempPE
¦   ¦       ¦       Service References.MICService.Reference.cs.dll
¦   ¦       ¦
¦   ¦       +---controls
¦   ¦       ¦       ComboBoxControl.g.cs
¦   ¦       ¦       orgUsers.g.cs
¦   ¦       ¦
¦   ¦       +---Refactor
¦   +---controls
¦   ¦       ComboBoxControl.xaml
¦   ¦       ComboBoxControl.xaml.cs
¦   ¦       PasswordTextBox.cs
¦   ¦       orgUsers.xaml
¦   ¦       orgUsers.xaml.cs
¦   ¦
¦   +---bin
¦   ¦       Liquid.dll
¦   ¦
¦   +---images
¦   ¦       I3Logo.ico
¦   ¦       treeimg_adminprofile.png
¦   ¦       treeimg_attendant.png
¦   ¦       treeimg_dirsvrs.png
¦   ¦       treeimg_distlist.png
¦   ¦       treeimg_menu.png
¦   ¦       treeimg_organization.png
¦   ¦       treeimg_orggroup.png
¦   ¦       treeimg_orgs.png
¦   ¦       treeimg_schedule.png
¦   ¦       treeimg_sites.png
¦   ¦       treeimg_status.png
¦   ¦       treeimg_users.png
¦   ¦       I3Logo.png
¦   ¦       startAddOrg.png
¦   ¦       startManagerUsers.png
¦   ¦
¦   +---Service References
¦       +---MICService
¦               ServiceMIC.xsd
¦               ServiceMIC.wsdl
¦               ServiceMIC.disco
¦               configuration91.svcinfo
¦               configuration.svcinfo
¦               Reference.svcmap
¦               Reference.cs
¦               ServiceMIC1.xsd
¦               ServiceMIC11.xsd
¦               ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.MICService.Organization.datasource
¦               ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.MICService.MicUser.datasource
¦
+---ININ.MIC.MICAdmin_Web
¦   ¦   IServiceMIC.cs
¦   ¦   ServiceMIC.svc
¦   ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin_Web.csproj
¦   ¦   ServiceMIC.svc.cs
¦   ¦   Web.config
¦   ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdminTestPage.html
¦   ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin_Web.csproj.user
¦   ¦   Default.aspx.cs
¦   ¦   Default.aspx.designer.cs
¦   ¦   Default.aspx
¦   ¦
¦   +---App_Data
¦   +---Properties
¦   ¦       AssemblyInfo.cs
¦   ¦
¦   +---bin
¦   ¦   ¦   ININ.Communite.AdminNetU.dll
¦   ¦   ¦   System.Web.Silverlight.dll
¦   ¦   ¦   ININ.Communite.AdminNetU.pdb
¦   ¦   ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin_Web.dll
¦   ¦   ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin_Web.pdb
¦   ¦   ¦
¦   ¦   +---ja
¦   ¦   ¦       System.Web.Silverlight.resources.dll
¦   ¦   ¦
¦   ¦   +---de
¦   ¦   ¦       System.Web.Silverlight.resources.dll
¦   ¦   ¦
¦   ¦   +---es
¦   ¦   ¦       System.Web.Silverlight.resources.dll
¦   ¦   ¦
¦   ¦   +---fr
¦   ¦   ¦       System.Web.Silverlight.resources.dll
¦   ¦   ¦
¦   ¦   +---it
¦   ¦   ¦       System.Web.Silverlight.resources.dll
¦   ¦   ¦
¦   ¦   +---ko
¦   ¦           System.Web.Silverlight.resources.dll
¦   ¦
¦   +---obj
¦   ¦   +---Debug
¦   ¦       ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin_Web.pdb
¦   ¦       ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin_Web.dll
¦   ¦       ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin_Web.csproj.FileListAbsolute.txt
¦   ¦       ¦   ResolveAssemblyReference.cache
¦   ¦       ¦
¦   ¦       +---TempPE
¦   ¦       ¦       App_LocalResources.micAdminResource.Designer.cs.dll
¦   ¦       ¦
¦   ¦       +---Refactor
¦   +---App_Code
¦   +---ClientBin
¦   ¦   ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.xap
¦   ¦   ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.Resources.xap
¦   ¦   ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.Resources1.xap
¦   ¦   ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.Sites.xap
¦   ¦   ¦
¦   ¦   +---Debug
¦   ¦           ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.Resources.xap
¦   ¦           ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.Resource.xap
¦   ¦
¦   +---img
¦   ¦       SL-H-trans-200.png
¦   ¦       ininlogo2.jpg
¦   ¦
¦   +---css
¦   ¦       imiAdmin.css
¦   ¦
¦   +---App_GlobalResources
¦           micAdminResource.resx
¦
+---ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.Resource
¦   ¦   App.xaml
¦   ¦   Page.xaml
¦   ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.Resource.csproj
¦   ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.Resource.csproj.user
¦   ¦   App.xaml.cs
¦   ¦   Page.xaml.cs
¦   ¦   LargeButton.xaml.cs
¦   ¦   LargeButton.xaml
¦   ¦   MICStrings.resx
¦   ¦   MICStrings.Designer.cs
¦   ¦
¦   +---Properties
¦   ¦       AppManifest.xml
¦   ¦       AssemblyInfo.cs
¦   ¦
¦   +---Bin
¦   ¦   +---Debug
¦   ¦           ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.Resource.dll
¦   ¦           ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.Resource.pdb
¦   ¦           AppManifest.xaml
¦   ¦           ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.Resource.xap
¦   ¦           TestPage.html
¦   ¦
¦   +---obj
¦       +---Debug
¦           ¦   App.g.cs
¦           ¦   Page.g.cs
¦           ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.Resource.g.resources
¦           ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.Resource.dll
¦           ¦   XapCacheFile.xml
¦           ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.Resource.csproj.FileListAbsolute.txt
¦           ¦   ResolveAssemblyReference.cache
¦           ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.Resource.MICStrings.resources
¦           ¦   LargeButton.g.cs
¦           ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.Resource.pdb
¦           ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.Resource.csproj.GenerateResource.Cache
¦           ¦
¦           +---TempPE
¦           ¦       MICResource.Designer.cs.dll
¦           ¦       MICStrings.Designer.cs.dll
¦           ¦       MICImages.Designer.cs.dll
¦           ¦
¦           +---Refactor
¦                   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.Resource.dll
¦
+---ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.Sites
    ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.Sites.csproj.user
    ¦   App.xaml.cs
    ¦   micSites.xaml.cs
    ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.Sites.csproj
    ¦   App.xaml
    ¦   micSites.xaml
    ¦
    +---Properties
    ¦       AppManifest.xml
    ¦       AssemblyInfo.cs
    ¦
    +---Bin
    ¦   +---Debug
    ¦           ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.Sites.dll
    ¦           ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.Sites.pdb
    ¦           AppManifest.xaml
    ¦           ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.Sites.xap
    ¦           TestPage.html
    ¦           ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.Resource.dll
    ¦           ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.Resource.pdb
    ¦
    +---obj
        +---Debug
            ¦   App.g.cs
            ¦   Page.g.cs
            ¦   Sites.g.cs
            ¦   micSites.g.cs
            ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.Sites.g.resources
            ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.Sites.pdb
            ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.Sites.dll
            ¦   XapCacheFile.xml
            ¦   ININ.MIC.MICAdmin.Sites.csproj.FileListAbsolute.txt
            ¦   ResolveAssemblyReference.cache
            ¦
            +---TempPE

Re: Re: Re: How to localize Silverlight 2.0

slyi — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:16:38 GMT

Hmm strange, i only seen this when I refernce resources (subfolder) dll and the primary dll in the same xaml file, I dont have sp1.

Could you give me "tree /f" output to view your stucture on the project folder?

Does this happen on all your usercontrols or just a few?

Re: Re: Re: How to localize Silverlight 2.0

silver139 — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:12:15 GMT

Thanks for the Slyi,

I do not have the strings.resx in a sub directory and the strings do still do not display within Visual Studio. Just a thought, do you have Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta1 installed? I do not have the SP1 beta installed and was curious if it made a difference?

Re: Re: Re: How to localize Silverlight 2.0

scgm11 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:48:41 GMT

My solution for localization.

1. Create de resx files like this: es.resx, en.resx, ft.resx,etc...

2. Set the culture as you wish for example:

CultureInfo ci = new CultureInfo("en-US"); Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = ci;

Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = ci;

3. Set language so we dont have one resx for each locale.

string language ="en-US";

language = language.Substring(0, 2);

2. Create ResourceManager to mange directly the resx.

ResourceManager rm = new ResourceManager("MyApp.Resources." + language, Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly());

3. Then we have the resources load into the manager so we can do like this:

rm.GetString(key);

where key is the key of the resx to get the value (ej. "user")

4. After all this we have the culture set and the language load from the resx

With this we dont need any satellite assembly or anything like that just the embebed resource, so we dont have to change any config of our app and you can extend it as you like, with this sample is easy to change it as you like.

If this close the thread mark as answer!

Sorry about the colors this is a quick post ....

Re: Re: Re: How to localize Silverlight 2.0

slyi — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:55:19 GMT

Hi Silver139,

I got this issue as well, the only i could solve it is to not put the strings.resx into seperate folder but instread place resx files in the root folder.

As if i add both xmlns:local="clr-namespace:SilverlightApplication1" and xmlns:localResource="clr-namespace:SilverlightApplication1.Resources" inside the UserControl namespace the preview window disappears.

eg:

BAD: resources\strings.resx

GOOD strings.resx

I hope this helps and the issue is fixed for RTM version,

slyi

Re: Re: Re: How to localize Silverlight 2.0

silver139 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:47:01 GMT

Hey everyone,

I am also trying to localize a rather large SL application. I have mulitple projects in my solution and in one of the projects I have setup to contain all the string resources that the other projects will reference. I have for the most part followed the steps listed in your blog post and the application runs and displays the strings just fine. What breaks down is Visual studio's ability to display the xmal, it just displays nothing. If I open the solution in Expression Blend (this is beta2 so I am using the June preview of Blend) every place I reference a string I see the following error "The DependencyProperty target is invalid: <the namespace where my strings are at>". Has anyone seen this or know how to overcome this problem?

Re: Re: Re: How to localize Silverlight 2.0

slyi — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:09:18 GMT

I did a blog post on silverlight 2.0 localization . I hope this is clear enough.

Re: Re: How to localize Silverlight 2.0

jordanhammond — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:51:27 GMT

Hi slyi. I'm new to the whole localization thing, but need to do a whole app as site.

I downloaded your sample but it only displays english. The xcopy command doesn't work as well.

I'm just looking for a simple example on how to get started, including how to create the resource files to begin with.

Things are so much easier in WPF, child's play, hopefully they impliment the process in SL the same way.

Re: Re: How to localize Silverlight 2.0

Dean.Lu — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:02:23 GMT

hi WiK!

I don't know whether you can localize your whole Silverlight application dynamically?If you can,please tell how to do this?

Because I just localize controls one by one in my application.

thanks