Hi all ..
We all see some apps. wich we can change then menu language form menu >> Tools >> options for example ..
and most of these apps. makes the lang. file external then you can edit and make your lang file ..
how can i let my app. read the Title of the menu from external language file ?
usually , the lang. file looks like :
[Menu]
File=File
Exit= Exit
...
Pleas help ..
Thanx
Hi Bodalal,
Based on your post, my understanding of your questions is that you want to localize your application. We can create the resource files to achieve this. We can take the following steps.
1. Change the Form1.Localizable property to true.
2 Set the Form1.Language property to one language.
3 Set the property of some window elements.
At last your application can get the proper information from the resource files. Hope this helps.If you have any further questions, please feel free to let me know.
Thanks for your questions.
Thamx Dong
this is was really helpfull
hawever, i saw many apps. with external Lang. file .. so can any user change this file as he like with his lang.
i want to make external lang. file Not Locolize the project ..
thanx a gain and sorry for my bad English 
Add this to the top of the class:
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml
Public Function ReadXml (Byval Element as String, ByVal LanguageName as String) As String
Dim m_xmlr As XmlTextReader
m_xmlr = New XmlTextReader(IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() & "\language.xml")
m_xmlr.WhiteSpaceHandling = WhiteSpaceHandling.NONE
m_xmlr.Read()
m_xmlr.Read()
While Not m_xmlr.EOF
m_xmlr.Read()
'if not start element exit while loop
If Not m_xmlr.IsStartElement() Then
Exit While
End If
Dim langAttribute = m_xmlr.GetAttribute("Language")
m_xmlr.Read()
If langAttribute.ToString = LanguageName Then
Dim value = m_xmlr.ReadElementString(Element)
Return value.ToString
End If
End While
m_xmlr.Close()
End Function
Now, the hard part is that the program will have to load each of the labels individually like this:
Sub New()
InitializeComponent()
Label1.Text = ReadXml("MenuTitle", "Spanish")
Label2.Text = ReadXml("WelcomeMessage", "Spanish")
Button1.Text = ReadXml("OKText", "Spanish")
Button2.Text = ReadXml("CancelText", "Spanish")
ect....
End Sub
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ProgramSample>
<name Language="French">
<MenuTitle>asdasd</MenuTitle>
<WelcomeMessage>adasd</WelcomeMessage>
<OKText>asdasd</OKText>
<CancelText>asdasd</CancelText>
</name>
<name language="Spanish">
<MenuTitle>adasd</MenuTitle>
<WelcomeMessage>adsasdasd</WelcomeMessage>
<OKText>asdasdasd</OKText>
<CancelText>adasdasd</CancelText>
</name>
</ProgramSample>
Thanx allot Mr. Nabeel .. i really learned from your code ..
thank you for your help
best wishes
