Chapter 8. Globalization

Terms you'll need to understand:

• Globalization

• Localizability

• Localization

• Culture

• Resource files

• CultureInfo class

• CurrentUICulture property

• CurrentCulture property

• Invariant culture

• Character encodings

• Mirroring

• String indexing

Techniques you'll need to master:

• Understanding the purpose of cultures within the .NET Framework

• Understanding how to obtain a listing of available cultures from an application

• Understanding how perform application localization at runtime

Modern global network applications may require the capability to support different languages and information-presentation formats based on the local settings appropriate to the current user . Microsoft's .NET Framework includes support for culture and globalization changes, including form layout, currency, and numerical display, as well as locally appropriate maps and other forms of image data.