Mega Code Archive
Use Profile object to store a users preferred culture
<![CDATA[
<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<script runat="server">
protected override void InitializeCulture()
{
Culture = Profile.UserCulture;
UICulture = Profile.UserUICulture;
}
protected void btnSelect_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Profile.UserCulture = ddlCulture.SelectedValue;
Profile.UserUICulture = ddlCulture.SelectedValue;
Response.Redirect(Request.Path);
}
void Page_PreRender()
{
lblDate.Text = DateTime.Now.ToString("D");
lblPrice.Text = (512.33m).ToString("c");
}
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
<title>Select Culture Profile</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:Label
id="lblCulture"
Text="Culture:"
AssociatedControlID="ddlCulture"
Runat="server" />
<asp:DropDownList
id="ddlCulture"
DataTextField="DisplayName"
DataValueField="Name"
DataSourceID="srcCultures"
Runat="server" />
<asp:Button
id="btnSelect"
Text="Select"
Runat="server" OnClick="btnSelect_Click" />
<asp:ObjectDataSource
id="srcCultures"
TypeName="System.Globalization.CultureInfo"
SelectMethod="GetCultures"
Runat="server">
<SelectParameters>
<asp:Parameter Name="types" DefaultValue="SpecificCultures" />
</SelectParameters>
</asp:ObjectDataSource>
<hr />
Today's date is:
<br />
<asp:Label
id="lblDate"
Runat="server" />
<br /><br />
The price of the product is:
<br />
<asp:Label
id="lblPrice"
Runat="server" />
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
File: Web.Config
<configuration xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/.NetConfiguration/v2.0">
<system.web>
<anonymousIdentification enabled="true"/>
<profile>
<properties>
<add
name="UserCulture"
defaultValue="en-US" />
<add
name="UserUICulture"
defaultValue="en"/>
</properties>
</profile>
</system.web>
</configuration>
]]>