How to set culture as globally in mvc5

Question

I am using resource files to switch languages in my web application which is build in mvc5

In index files its reading the culture value which i set.

I am calling the set culture method from layout.cshtml and calling its value with the following code.

@{
Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml";

if (!Request["dropdown"].IsEmpty())
{
    Culture = UICulture = Request["dropdown"];
}

}

in index page the language is loading correctly but when from there when i go to the next page its loading the default language German but the resources reading from English resource file only.

Please help me on this..anybody

Answer 1

In web.config I commented the following line inside and it worked fine for me.

<configuration>
   <system.web>
    <globalization culture="en-US" uiCulture="en-US" />  <!-- this only -->
   </system.web>
</configuration>

Answer 2

You have to persist the information about current culture somewhere (I recommend cookie) and set thread culture to this cookie value (if present) - preferably in Application_BeginRequest of your Global.asax.

public ActionResult ChangeCulture(string value) {
  Response.Cookies.Add(new HttpCookie("culture", value));  
  return View();
}

public class MvcApplication : HttpApplication {
  protected void Application_BeginRequest() {
    var cookie = Context.Request.Cookies["culture"];
    if (cookie != null && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(cookie.Value)) {
      var culture = new CultureInfo(cookie.Value);
      Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = culture;
      Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = culture;
    }
  }
}

Answer 3

for globally setting I suggest you to add the following lines to the global.asax.cs file: (in this example the culture sets to Israel hebrew )

        protected void Application_Start()
    {
        //The culture value determines the results of culture-dependent functions, such as the date, number, and currency (NIS symbol)
        System.Globalization.CultureInfo.DefaultThreadCurrentCulture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("he-il");
        //System.Globalization.CultureInfo.DefaultThreadCurrentUICulture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("he-il");


    }