Informs the ResourceManager of the neutral culture of an assembly. This class cannot be inherited.
Namespace:
System.Resources
Assembly:
mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
<AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Assembly, AllowMultiple := False)> _
Public NotInheritable Class NeutralResourcesLanguageAttribute _
Inherits Attribute
Dim instance As NeutralResourcesLanguageAttribute
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Assembly, AllowMultiple = false)]
public sealed class NeutralResourcesLanguageAttribute : Attribute
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets::Assembly, AllowMultiple = false)]
public ref class NeutralResourcesLanguageAttribute sealed : public Attribute
public final class NeutralResourcesLanguageAttribute extends Attribute
The NeutralResourcesLanguageAttribute informs the ResourceManager of the language used to write the neutral culture's resources for an assembly, and can also inform the ResourceManager of the assembly to use (either the main assembly or a satellite assembly) to retrieve neutral resources using the resource fallback process. When looking up resources in the same culture as the neutral resources language, the ResourceManager automatically uses the resources located in the main assembly, instead of searching for a satellite assembly with the current user interface culture for the current thread. This will improve lookup performance for the first resource you load, and can reduce your working set.
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Apply this attribute to your main assembly, passing it the name of the neutral language that will work with your main assembly. Optionally, you can pass a member of the UltimateResourceFallbackLocation enumeration to indicate the location from which to retrieve fallback resources. Using this attribute is strongly recommended. |
The following example demonstrates the use of the NeutralResourcesLanguageAttribute class.
Imports System
Imports System.Resources
Imports System.Globalization
Imports System.Threading
<assembly: NeutralResourcesLanguageAttribute("de", UltimateResourceFallbackLocation.Satellite)>
Public Class Demo
Public Overloads Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
' If a specific culture is passed in through the command line, use that -- otherwise
' just use the current ui culture
Dim strCulture As String = ""
If args.Length = 1 Then
strCulture = args(0)
End If
If strCulture <> "" Then
Try
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = New CultureInfo(strCulture)
Catch e As ArgumentException
Console.WriteLine(e.Message, "Bad command-line argument")
End Try
Else
Console.WriteLine("Current culture is: {0}", CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture.ToString())
End If
Dim rm As ResourceManager
Try
rm = New ResourceManager("MyStrings", GetType(Demo).Assembly)
Dim attr As New NeutralResourcesLanguageAttribute("de", UltimateResourceFallbackLocation.Satellite)
Console.WriteLine(("Neutral language = " + rm.GetString("Language") + ", Fallback location = " + attr.Location.ToString() + ", Fallback culture = " + attr.CultureName.ToString()))
Console.WriteLine(rm.GetString("MSG"))
Catch e As MissingSatelliteAssemblyException
Console.WriteLine(e.Message, "Unable to locate satellite Assembly")
End Try
End Sub 'Main
End Class 'Demo
using System;
using System.Resources;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Threading;
[assembly: NeutralResourcesLanguageAttribute("de" , UltimateResourceFallbackLocation.Satellite)]
public class Demo
{
public static void Main(string[] args) {
// If a specific culture is passed in through the command line, use that -- otherwise
// just use the current ui culture
String strCulture = "";
if (args.Length == 1)
{
strCulture = args[0];
}
if (strCulture != "")
{
try {
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = new CultureInfo(strCulture);
}
catch (ArgumentException e){
Console.WriteLine(e.Message, "Bad command-line argument");
}
}
else
Console.WriteLine("Current culture is: {0}", CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture.ToString());
ResourceManager rm;
try
{
rm = new ResourceManager("MyStrings", typeof(Demo).Assembly);
NeutralResourcesLanguageAttribute attr = new NeutralResourcesLanguageAttribute("de", UltimateResourceFallbackLocation.Satellite);
Console.WriteLine("Neutral language = " + rm.GetString("Language") + ", Fallback location = " + attr.Location.ToString() + ", Fallback culture = " + attr.CultureName.ToString());
Console.WriteLine(rm.GetString("MSG"));
}
catch (MissingSatelliteAssemblyException e){
Console.WriteLine(e.Message, "Unable to locate satellite Assembly");
}
}
}
using namespace System;
using namespace System::Resources;
using namespace System::Globalization;
using namespace System::Threading;
[assembly:NeutralResourcesLanguageAttribute("de",UltimateResourceFallbackLocation::Satellite)];
public ref class Demo
{
public:
int FallbackDemo()
{
array<String^>^args = Environment::GetCommandLineArgs();
// If a specific culture is passed in through the command line, use that -- otherwise
// just use the current ui culture
String^ strCulture = L"";
if ( args->Length == 1 )
{
strCulture = args[ 0 ];
}
if ( !strCulture->Equals( L"" ) )
{
try
{
Thread::CurrentThread->CurrentUICulture = gcnew CultureInfo( strCulture );
}
catch ( ArgumentException^ e )
{
Console::WriteLine( e->Message, L"Bad command-line argument" );
}
}
else
Console::WriteLine( L"Current culture is: {0}", CultureInfo::CurrentUICulture );
ResourceManager^ rm;
try
{
rm = gcnew ResourceManager( L"MyStrings",Demo::typeid->Assembly );
NeutralResourcesLanguageAttribute^ attr = gcnew NeutralResourcesLanguageAttribute( L"de",UltimateResourceFallbackLocation::Satellite );
Console::WriteLine( L"Neutral language = {0}, Fallback location = {1}, Fallback culture = {2}", rm->GetString( L"Language" ), attr->Location, attr->CultureName );
Console::WriteLine( rm->GetString( L"MSG" ) );
}
catch ( MissingSatelliteAssemblyException^ e )
{
Console::WriteLine( e->Message, L"Unable to locate satellite Assembly" );
}
return 1;
}
};
void main()
{
Demo^ d = gcnew Demo;
d->FallbackDemo();
}
System..::.Object
System..::.Attribute
System.Resources..::.NeutralResourcesLanguageAttribute
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
.NET Compact Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
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