How to set Silverlight CurrentUICulture/CurrentCulture correctly?

Question

I\'m working on a SL5 app with C# and I\'m looking to internationalize it. I found the following to set the UI culture:

var culture = new CultureInfo(Thread.         


        

Answer 1

Edit: Updated with the information that @Rumble found.

You need to do it like this to apply it to your UI objects as well.

First set the appropriate cultures when your application is loading up.

Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo("en-IN");
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = new CultureInfo("en-IN");

Next you need to set the XML Language property.

For Silverlight

var root = RootVisual as Page;
if (root != null)
{
    root.Language = XmlLanguage.GetLanguage(Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.Name);
}

For WPF

FrameworkElement.LanguageProperty.OverrideMetadata(typeof(FrameworkElement), new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(
            XmlLanguage.GetLanguage(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.IetfLanguageTag)));

You can find an explanation for WPF here.