ASP.NET 4 Unleashed

Automatically Detecting a Culture

In the previous section, you learned how to set the UICulture and Culture properties by allowing the user to select a particular culture from a DropDownList control. Instead of requiring users to select their culture, you can automatically detect users’ cultures through their browser settings.

Whenever a browser makes a request for a web page, the browser sends an Accept-Language header, which contains a list of the user’s preferred languages.

You can set your preferred languages when using Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox by selecting Tools, Internet Options and clicking the Languages button. You can then create an ordered list of your preferred languages (see Figure 30.3). When using Opera, select ...