ASP.NET MVC language change link

Question

I have an ASP.NET MVC site that it\'s in two languages using Resources. To allow the server to present the site in the apropiate language (depending on the one that\'s confi

Answer 1

An alternative and I feel it is more flexible

 protected override void ExecuteCore()
    {
        if (RouteData.Values["lang"] != null && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(RouteData.Values["lang"].ToString()))
        {
            SetCulture(RouteData.Values["lang"].ToString());
        }
        else
        {
            var cookie = HttpContext.Request.Cookies["myappculture"];
            if (cookie != null)
            { SetCulture(cookie.Value); }
            else
            { SetCulture(HttpContext.Request.UserLanguages[0]);}
        }
        base.ExecuteCore();
    }

public ActionResult ChangeCulture(string lang, string returnUrl)
    {

        SetCulture(lang);
        // Little house keeping
        Regex re = new Regex("^/\\w{2,3}(-\\w{2})?");
        returnUrl = re.Replace(returnUrl,"/" + lang.ToLower());
        return Redirect(returnUrl);
    }

private void SetCulture(string lang)
    {
        CultureInfo ci = new CultureInfo(lang);
        System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = ci;
        System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture(ci.Name);

        // Force a valid culture in the URL
        RouteData.Values["lang"] = lang;

        // save the location into cookie
        HttpCookie _cookie = new HttpCookie("myappculture", Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture.Name);
        _cookie.Expires = DateTime.Now.AddYears(1);
        HttpContext.Response.SetCookie(_cookie);
    }

In the view

I kept the resource in a different project as follows