ApplicationBase.ChangeUICulture(String) Method

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Definition

Namespace:
Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices
Assembly:
Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
Assembly:
Microsoft.VisualBasic.Forms.dll

Changes the culture that the current thread uses for retrieving culture-specific resources.

public:
 void ChangeUICulture(System::String ^ cultureName);
public void ChangeUICulture (string cultureName);
member this.ChangeUICulture : string -> unit
Public Sub ChangeUICulture (cultureName As String)

Parameters

cultureName
String

String. Name of the culture as a string. For a list of possible names, see CultureInfo.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

cultureName is Nothing.

ArgumentException

cultureName is not a valid culture name.

Examples

This example uses the My.Application.ChangeUICulture method to set the culture that the My.Resources object uses for retrieving resources.

Sub ShowLocalizedMessage()
    Dim culture As String = My.Application.UICulture.Name
    My.Application.ChangeUICulture("fr-FR")
    MsgBox(My.Resources.Message)
    My.Application.ChangeUICulture(culture)
End Sub

For this example to work, your application must have a string named Message in the application's resource file, and the application should have the French-culture version of that resource file, Resources.fr-FR.resx. For more information, see How to: Add or Remove Resources.

If the application does not have the French-culture version of that resource file, the My.Resources object retrieves the resource from the default-culture resource file.

Remarks

The My.Application.ChangeUICulture method changes the current thread's CurrentUICulture property. The CurrentUICulture property determines the culture used by the Resource Manager and the My.Resources object; it uses this information to look up culture-specific resources at run time.

To retrieve the current UI culture, you can use the UICulture property or the CurrentUICulture property.

Use the My.Application.ChangeCulture method to change the culture that the current thread uses for string manipulation and string formatting.

Availability by Project Type

Project type Available
Windows Forms Application Yes
Class Library Yes
Console Application Yes
Windows Forms Control Library Yes
Web Control Library No
Windows Service Yes
Web Site No

Applies to

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