Translating Resources Gets Simpler with the Localization Management Toolkit
The global reach of many applications means organizations must manage the process of translating and keeping track of thousands of resources. The Localization Management Toolkit (currently in beta form) simplifies the process.
by Lizet Pena de Sola and Andrew Sheppard
December 20, 2006
fforts to simplify application globalization and localization have definitely succeeded over the past few years. ASP.NET 2.0 made the process of localizing resources and deploying them with applications easier for developers. For example, Visual Studio 2005 can automatically generate local resources on a per-form basis, and can also generate static classes for all strongly-typed resources. Visual Studio 2005 and ASP.NET 2.0 natively provide methods that streamline the process of retrieving resources programmatically. ASP.NET also automatically detects browser culture preferences, assigning the detected culture preference to the culture of the requested thread.
Current Resource Capabilities
For example, to generate a local resource file from an ASP.NET Web Page you can simply go to the Tools Menu in the Visual Studio IDE and click the "Generate Local Resource" item; Visual Studio will place the generated file in an App_LocalResources folder. You can also generate Global Resources by adding a new item of type Assembly Resource File to the Web site and placing that file in the App_GlobalResources folder (which Visual Studio will create for you).
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fforts to simplify application globalization and localization have definitely succeeded over the past few years. ASP.NET 2.0 made the process of localizing resources and deploying them with applications easier for developers. For example, Visual Studio 2005 can automatically generate local resources on a per-form basis, and can also generate static classes for all strongly-typed resources. Visual Studio 2005 and ASP.NET 2.0 natively provide methods that streamline the process of retrieving resources programmatically. ASP.NET also automatically detects browser culture preferences, assigning the detected culture preference to the culture of the requested thread.
