Cultural mess
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Wtf is that? I wondered when I started up a small tool on a Windows 8 Embedded machine: most of its UI was in English (as expected, because Windows' UI is in English), but an enumeration control was in German. How can that happen? Did I forget to copy a file? No, can't be: the English texts are always compiled into the main assemblies, only translated texts make it into satellite assemblies. I investigated the issue further. And had to see:
Current Culture: de-DECurrent UI Culture: en-USWhat an odd combination! And while theResourceManagernormally usesCurrentUICulture, theEnumDescriptionConverterusedCurrentCulture... -
Wtf is that? I wondered when I started up a small tool on a Windows 8 Embedded machine: most of its UI was in English (as expected, because Windows' UI is in English), but an enumeration control was in German. How can that happen? Did I forget to copy a file? No, can't be: the English texts are always compiled into the main assemblies, only translated texts make it into satellite assemblies. I investigated the issue further. And had to see:
Current Culture: de-DECurrent UI Culture: en-USWhat an odd combination! And while theResourceManagernormally usesCurrentUICulture, theEnumDescriptionConverterusedCurrentCulture...It's a mess, but there's a method in the madness. I'm using a computer with an english UI (CurrentUICulture) so that I can easier search error messages. But I still want to have Swedish format (CurrentCulture) on money, date, time, decimal comma and so on. The fact that to few people have a clue on what's what or how to us them, is a completely different question.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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It's a mess, but there's a method in the madness. I'm using a computer with an english UI (CurrentUICulture) so that I can easier search error messages. But I still want to have Swedish format (CurrentCulture) on money, date, time, decimal comma and so on. The fact that to few people have a clue on what's what or how to us them, is a completely different question.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Exactly that's the background of the mixed English/German cultures. That's the first time I was faced with such a mixture. And thus I learned to take a closer look what type of Culture to use in future: CurrentUICulture for language, CurrentCulture for formats.
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Exactly that's the background of the mixed English/German cultures. That's the first time I was faced with such a mixture. And thus I learned to take a closer look what type of Culture to use in future: CurrentUICulture for language, CurrentCulture for formats.
Bernhard Hiller wrote:
That's the first time I was faced with such a mixture. And thus I learned to ...
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