How to set browser language as a default language for .NET Silverlight application

How to set browser language as a default language for .NET Silverlight application

Here the requirement is that, the application should change its culture based on the Browser language setting. Let say if user changed his language in IE browser then application should reflect with same culture.  Ex: US English (default) to French (standard)

In short, the application should display the content based on client browser settings.

Steps-1: Read Browser Language from code

You have to write inline code into Default.aspx page (Page_Init())

Namespace

<%@ Import Namespace="System.Globalization" %>

<%@ Import Namespace="System.Threading" %>

C# code

<script runat="server">

void Page_Init(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

  ViewStateUserKey = Session.SessionID;

  if (HttpContext.Current.Request.UserLanguages != null)

  {

    CultureInfo culture = new CultureInfo(HttpContext.Current.Request.UserLanguages[0]);

    Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = culture;

    Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = culture;

  }

 }

</script>

Steps-2: Go to the Main Page and set language

 

Set application language with current culture on the page Constructor after InitializeComponent() method

 

this.Language = System.Windows.Markup.XmlLanguage.GetLanguage(System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.Name);

Steps-3: Create Resource files for different languages

Resource file name should create with following manner

<ResounceFileName>.<Language ISO Code>.resx

Ex:

French (Canada)   file name should be "Resource.fr-FR.resx"

Dutch file name should be "Resource.nl.resx"

Run the application and now application will behave based on the language set into the browser.

This code has been tested with IE 9.0 32 bit browser and Silverlight 4.0 with .NET framework 4.0.

Note: following solution you can try with asp.NET application, steps 1 and 3 will be same