ADO.NET 3.5 Cookbook, 2nd Edition

8.11. Localizing Client-Side Data in a Web Forms Application

Problem

You need to format dates and currency values according to the culture of the client rather than the server.

Solution

Use client culture and encoding to return data to the client formatted according to the client's localization settings rather than the server's settings.

Follow these steps:

1. Create a C# ASP.NET web application named LocalizeWebFormsApplication.

2. Add the following controls to the Default.aspx design surface:

   • RadioButtonList named cultureRadioButton. Add four members: en-US, en-CA, ja-JP, and fr-FR.

   • Label named cultureNameLabel. Add the text CultureName: in front of the label control as the description.

   • Label named cultureEnglishNameLabel. Add the text CultureEnglishName: in front of the label control as the description.

   • Label named cultureNativeNameLabel. Add the text CultureNativeName: in front of the label as the description.

   • Label named dateLabel:. Add the text Date: in front of the label as the description.

   • Label named shortDateLabel:. Add the text ShortDate: in front of the label as the description.

   • Label named numberLabel:. Add the text Number: in front of the label as the description.

   • Label named currencyLabel:. Add the text Currency: in front of the label as the description.

The completed layout of the Web Form page Default.aspx is shown in Figure 8-21.

Figure 8-21. Layout for Default.aspx in LocalizeWebFormApplication ...