Comments on: ASP.NET MVC and Localization

By: Alfred

Alfred — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:08:38 +0000

Why not handle localization at the application level instead of the controller level?

I came across this other blog post for MVC2: http://adamyan.blogspot.com/2010/02/aspnet-mvc-2-localization-complete.html

Basically, you can set the culture using a specific controller action (into session/cookie/url/etc). Then for every request, lookup the culture and set it on the thread in Global.asax Application_AcquireRequestState() event handler. This way, your localization management is centralized in one spot, and you won’t have to manage it for every controller.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:48:49 +0000

Hey Miguel,

This probably happens because it’s no a browser calling the page, which means “filterContext.RequestContext.HttpContext.Request.UserLanguages;” returns null. Try checking if BrowserLanguages is null or empty before using it.

By: Miguel

Miguel — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:18:04 +0000

Hello,

I am not sure but I think I probably found a problem with your SetCultureAttribute code in http://helios.ca/2009/05/27/aspnet-mvc-and-localization/.

Everything works fine but it is impossible to validate the page with W3C or Verify the page with Google Verify … Or even index the page in Google. This is because I always get a 500 error.

I posted a thread in ASP.NET MVC but until now I wasn’t able to solve it:
http://forums.asp.net/t/1520173.aspx

Please, could you help me out?

By: Pablo

Pablo — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:45:30 +0000

Great Article! I was wondering how you deal with databases. Do you use two database, one for each language? Could anyone provide me some information, link, etc or a working example?
Thanks!

By: Quyetle

Quyetle — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:31:42 +0000

This is best solution i found on the net. Thanks

By: Tran Chi Khanh

Tran Chi Khanh — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:55:20 +0000

Hi,
Please help me how to use with App_LocalResources. With your demo code, i create localresource for index.aspx (views\home\index.aspx) with Index.aspx.fr.resx and Index.aspx.resx. But when click button in CultureUserControl.ascx from English to French, my content in this file don’t change

By: Sosh

Sosh — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:35:33 +0000

Interesting, but I don’t really understand what the benefit of implementing this as an attribute is, if you are only going to use the attribute once (on the base controller).

By: Paulo Crespo

Paulo Crespo — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:49:49 +0000

Fantastic article, simply idea and work perfectly !!!

The best ! Congratulations !

By: Rein Dolfing

Rein Dolfing — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:03:24 +0000

Thank you, This is the best “working” solution could find.

By: DJ Pepper

DJ Pepper — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:11:29 +0000

Very cool post. Thank you very much.