How to set culture as globally in mvc5

c# asp.net razor asp.net-mvc-5 visual-studio-2013

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Solution 1

In web.config I commented the following line inside and it worked fine for me.

<configuration>
   <system.web>
    <globalization culture="en-US" uiCulture="en-US" />  <!-- this only -->
   </system.web>
</configuration>

Solution 2

for globally setting I suggest you to add the following lines to the global.asax.cs file: (in this example the culture sets to Israel hebrew )

        protected void Application_Start()
    {
        //The culture value determines the results of culture-dependent functions, such as the date, number, and currency (NIS symbol)
        System.Globalization.CultureInfo.DefaultThreadCurrentCulture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("he-il");
        //System.Globalization.CultureInfo.DefaultThreadCurrentUICulture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("he-il");


    }

Solution 3

You have to persist the information about current culture somewhere (I recommend cookie) and set thread culture to this cookie value (if present) - preferably in Application_BeginRequest of your Global.asax.

public ActionResult ChangeCulture(string value) {
  Response.Cookies.Add(new HttpCookie("culture", value));  
  return View();
}

public class MvcApplication : HttpApplication {
  protected void Application_BeginRequest() {
    var cookie = Context.Request.Cookies["culture"];
    if (cookie != null && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(cookie.Value)) {
      var culture = new CultureInfo(cookie.Value);
      Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = culture;
      Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = culture;
    }
  }
}

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TechNo

Updated on August 08, 2022

Comments

TechNo over 1 year
I am using resource files to switch languages in my web application which is build in mvc5

In index files its reading the culture value which i set.

I am calling the set culture method from layout.cshtml and calling its value with the following code.
```
@{
Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml";

if (!Request["dropdown"].IsEmpty())
{
    Culture = UICulture = Request["dropdown"];
}
```
}

in index page the language is loading correctly but when from there when i go to the next page its loading the default language German but the resources reading from English resource file only.

Please help me on this..anybody
Admin almost 10 years

Uiculture and Thread culture are not for the same use. check this : stackoverflow.com/questions/9507582/…
Ondrej Svejdar almost 10 years

@Zekth - I know :) but Sajna Ali is setting them to the same value in the first place; so I guess that is what he wants.
Admin almost 10 years

Puting the Test in the Application_BeginRequest() is a bit heavy. Each time you do a request you make the Test. :/
TechNo almost 10 years

first i set the application like this only. The language is changing from home page. then its working properly. but when i moved into the second page or any other page am not geting the language with the following code var culture = System.Globalization.CultureInfo.DefaultThreadCurrentUICultu‌re; but the code @Resources.FirstName is still loading as English instead of german
Ondrej Svejdar almost 10 years

@Zeth - thats the only way where to make it as each request starts a new thread and you want to set correct culture for each requst ;) Sajna Ali - please elaborate more, this feels like different question.
TechNo almost 10 years

@Zekth with the help of resource file am switching languages in my index page. The culture name is storing as above as Ondrej Svejdar mentioned. I had put a variabele in the second page like var culture = System.Globalization.CultureInfo.DefaultThreadCurrentUICultu‌re; --- which is loading the default language German. and in side the same page am calling names from resources but its coming as english....
Ondrej Svejdar almost 10 years

@SajnaAli - this smells like a problem with resource files; are all marked correctly (as resources), what is the full file name of english and german resources ?
TechNo almost 10 years

@OndrejSvejdar Resources.resx Resources.de.resx
Ondrej Svejdar almost 10 years

@SajnaAli - are Resources.de.resx marked as "Embedded Resource" ? (right-click - Properties)
TechNo almost 10 years

Should i do anything in RouteConfig?
DLL_Whisperer over 6 years

that's what i was looking for. For multithread web apps CurrentThread solution does not work. It only changes the culture of main thread.