Change Language in C#

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I am developing a multilingual program in C# on Windows

How to change Windows writing language on certain actions...
e.g. to change from English to Arabic on focus event.

Thanks

These similar post may shed some light http://stackoverflow.com/questions/397356/develop-multilingual-windows-application-c http://stackoverflow.com/questions/270829/internationalizing-desktop-app-within-a-couple-years-what-should-we-do-now Cheers! — Sandeep Kumar M, Jul 19 '10 at 08:34

score 16 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 18 '16 at 00:45

To select a whole new culture, set the CurrentThread.CurrentCulture to a new culture, e.g. to set to French:

System.Globalization.CultureInfo ci = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("fr-FR");
System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = ci;

You can find a list of the predefined CultureInfo names here and here.

If you want to change certain aspects of the default culture, you can grab the current thread's culture, use it it's name to create a new CultureInfo instance and set the thread's new culture with some changes, e.g. to change the current culture to use the 'Euro' symbol:

System.Globalization.CultureInfo ci = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo( System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.Name);
ci.NumberFormat.CurrencySymbol = "€";
System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = ci;

For some situations it is also necessary to set System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture. (Note the "UI" in the middle of the property name.) — RenniePet, Aug 19 '15 at 03:40
I had to set the UICulture also while running unit tests. Comment above saved me :) — jpgrassi, Nov 25 '18 at 19:12

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 24 '15 at 17:06

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In load Event insert the code below:

InputLanguage.CurrentInputLanguage =
      InputLanguage.FromCulture(new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("fa-IR"));

edited Dec 24 '15 at 17:06

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answered Dec 10 '14 at 17:54

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score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 19 '10 at 08:22

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Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = yournewculture;

Also see the CurrentUICulture property.

answered Jul 19 '10 at 08:22

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Can you please state how to get "yournewculture" – Betamoo Jul 19 '10 at 08:30

score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 23 '12 at 02:20

In addition, if you want to refresh all the controls' resources at runtime, you will need to use something like this:

private void RefreshResources(Control ctrl, ComponentResourceManager res)
{
    ctrl.SuspendLayout();
    res.ApplyResources(ctrl, ctrl.Name, CurrentLocale);
    foreach (Control control in ctrl.Controls)
        RefreshResources(control, res); // recursion
    ctrl.ResumeLayout(false);
}

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score 2 · Answer 5 · edited Mar 18 '16 at 01:10

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This statements were helpful for me:

string myLanguage = "HE-IL";
InputLanguage.CurrentInputLanguage =
   InputLanguage.FromCulture(new System.Globalization.CultureInfo(myLanguage));

edited Mar 18 '16 at 01:10

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answered Oct 14 '14 at 18:53

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this is great too, amending that first line, can do it for whatever country http://www.lingoes.net/en/translator/langcode.htm – barlop Mar 18 '16 at 14:53

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