Hi,

Let say we have a menu in french and in english. That menu is contained inside a control.

They are different enough that we cannot localize one version for both language, we actually need to have to separate control. For example: MenuFrench.ascx and MenuEnglish.ascx.

So, in our MasterPage. We want to plug the right control depending on the language setting. How can we do that?

Thank you!

I used the following code to handle localization in english and arabic applications, it is working

Protected Sub Page_PreInit( _
          ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
          Handles Me.PreInit
        Dim chooselang As String
        chooselang = Request("CultureChoice")
        If Trim(chooselang) <> "" Then
            Application("CultureChoice") = chooselang
        Else
            chooselang = Application("CultureChoice")
            If Trim(chooselang) = "" Then
                chooselang = "en-US"
            End If
        End If
        Dim lang As System.Globalization.CultureInfo
        If chooselang = "ar-KW" Then
            MasterPageFile = "MasterPageA.master"
        Else
            MasterPageFile = "MasterPage.master"
        End If
        lang = New System.Globalization.CultureInfo(chooselang)
        System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICul ture = lang
    End Sub


Where one of the Master Pages will Contain the english menu and the other will contain french menu


while the following should be contained in the culturechooser.aspx.vb
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Globalization

Partial Class culturechooser
    Inherits System.Web.UI.Page

    Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
        Dim culture As CultureInfo
        Dim str As String
        str = Request.QueryString("CultureChoice")
        culture = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture(str)
        Dim cookie As HttpCookie
        cookie = New HttpCookie("CulturePref", culture.Name)

        cookie.Expires = DateTime.Now.AddYears(100)
        Response.Cookies.Add(cookie)

        Dim chooselang As String
        chooselang = Trim(Application("CultureChoice"))
        If chooselang = "ar-KW" Then
            chooselang = "en-US"
        Else
            chooselang = "ar-KW"
        End If

    End Sub
End Class

have a nice day