101 Microsoft® Visual Basic® .NET Applications

Application #81. Work with Resource Files

This sample application shows how to work with resource files to create forms that are localized to specific cultures. A resource file contains nonexecutable data such as strings and graphics that can be embedded into the portable executable (PE) file for an application. Windows Forms have Localizable and Language properties, which allow a form to share application code for all cultures while allowing the form to easily display culture-specific strings and images. The sample application contains a form, frmDataEntry, that uses these properties and resource files for four different cultures: France, Italy, Spain, and the United States. The user can select from these four cultures simply by clicking a ...