LocalizableAttribute Class
Specifies whether a property should be localized.
For a list of all members of this type, see LocalizableAttribute Members.
System.Object
System.Attribute
System.ComponentModel.LocalizableAttribute
[Visual Basic] <AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.All)> NotInheritable Public Class LocalizableAttribute Inherits Attribute [C#] [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.All)] public sealed class LocalizableAttribute : Attribute [C++] [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets::All)] public __gc __sealed class LocalizableAttribute : public Attribute [JScript] public AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.All) class LocalizableAttribute extends Attribute
Thread Safety
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
Remarks
When code is generated for a component, members that are marked with the LocalizableAttribute constructor of the value true have their property values saved in resource files. You can localize these resource files without modifying the code.
By default, members that have no localizable attribute or are marked with the LocalizableAttribute constructor of the value false will have their property values persisted to code, if the data type allows. Otherwise, if the main component is set to Localizable, all properties will be persisted to the resource file. The default is false.
Note When you mark a property with the LocalizableAttribute constructor of the value true, the value of this attribute is set to the constant member Yes. For a property marked with the LocalizableAttribute constructor of the value false, the value is No. Therefore, when you want to check the value of this attribute in your code, you must specify the attribute as LocalizableAttribute.Yes or LocalizableAttribute.No.
For more information, see Attributes Overview and Extending Metadata Using Attributes.
Example
The following example marks a property as needing to be localized.
[Visual Basic] <Localizable(True)> _ Public Property MyProperty() As Integer Get ' Insert code here. Return 0 End Get Set ' Insert code here. End Set End Property [C#] [Localizable(true)] public int MyProperty { get { // Insert code here. return 0; } set { // Insert code here. } } [C++] public: [Localizable(true)] __property int get_MyProperty() { // Insert code here. return 0; } __property void set_MyProperty( int value ) { // Insert code here. }
The next example shows how to check the value of the LocalizableAttribute for MyProperty. First, the code gets a PropertyDescriptorCollection with all the properties for the object. Then, the code gets MyProperty from the PropertyDescriptorCollection. Next, it returns the attributes for this property and saves them in the attributes variable.
Finally, the code sets myAttribute to the value of the LocalizableAttribute in the AttributeCollection and checks whether the property needs to be localized.
[Visual Basic] ' Gets the attributes for the property. Dim attributes As AttributeCollection = TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(Me)("MyProperty").Attributes ' Checks to see if the property needs to be localized. Dim myAttribute As LocalizableAttribute = CType(attributes(GetType(LocalizableAttribute)), LocalizableAttribute) If myAttribute.IsLocalizable Then ' Insert code here. End If [C#] // Gets the attributes for the property. AttributeCollection attributes = TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(this)["MyProperty"].Attributes; // Checks to see if the property needs to be localized. LocalizableAttribute myAttribute = (LocalizableAttribute)attributes[typeof(LocalizableAttribute)]; if(myAttribute.IsLocalizable) { // Insert code here. } [C++] // Gets the attributes for the property. AttributeCollection* attributes = TypeDescriptor::GetProperties(this)->Item[S"MyProperty"]->Attributes; // Checks to see if the property needs to be localized. LocalizableAttribute* myAttribute = dynamic_cast<LocalizableAttribute*>(attributes->Item[__typeof(LocalizableAttribute)]); if(myAttribute->IsLocalizable) { // Insert code here. } [JScript] // Gets the attributes for the property. var attributes : AttributeCollection = TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(this)["MyProperty"].Attributes // Checks to see if the property needs to be localized. var myAttribute : LocalizableAttribute = LocalizableAttribute(attributes(LocalizableAttribute)) if(myAttribute.IsLocalizable){ // Insert code here. }
Requirements
Namespace: System.ComponentModel
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
See Also
LocalizableAttribute Members | System.ComponentModel Namespace | Attribute | PropertyDescriptor | AttributeCollection | PropertyDescriptorCollection