Localizing a WPF Application

When you have completed the steps required to prepare LocBaml, imagine you want to create a localized version for the Italian culture of a WPF application based on English as the primary culture. Create a new WPF project with Visual Basic and name it as WpfLocalization, and simply add the code shown in Listing 36.1 on the XAML side. The goal is to provide a WPF counterpart of the Windows Forms example shown in the previous section.

Listing 36.1 Preparing the User Interface Before Localization

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The first step required to localize a WPF application is to specify the neutral-language specification at assembly level. Click ...

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