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We believe that Localizer gives you everything
you need to add powerful ASP.NET internationalization support
to Microsoft Visual Studio 2002 / 2003, bringing the same
set of features that Windows Forms programmers
enjoy to the ASP.NET world.
If you're not familiar with the Localization features of
Windows Forms in .NET, here's what the QuickStart
help says:
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"In Visual Studio .NET, the Windows Forms Designer
is the localization tool. When you start an application,
you change the Localization property on the Form
to true and simply create your application in
a normal fashion. Once the application is complete,
you change the Language property of the Form
to the language you choose. This generates a new .resx
file for that language. All property changes are written
to this new .resx file. When your application is run,
the CLR checks the current locale and checks if the
application has resources for that specific locale."
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Until now, a similar level of Visual Studio designer support
for localizing ASP.NET Web Forms has not
been available. Now with Localizer you can
produce localized versions of your ASP.NET Web Forms and controls
in the Visual Studio designer in exactly the same way you
would for Windows Forms applications.
All you need to do is drop a Localizer component onto your
WebForm (or UserControl), design the page in the invariant
language and then set the Language property of Localizer
to the language you choose. This generates a new .resx
file for that language, and all property changes are written to
this new file. When your web application is run
Localizer checks the current locale and checks if the application
has resources for that locale.
Features in Version 1.0.1.3
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Fix: Added support for RadioButtonList
Features in Version 1.0.1.2
- Fix: enhance compatability with some 3rd party webcontrol
designer implementations
- Fix: property Localization is no longer
marked [DesignOnly] as this was resulting in the setting
being serialized to the .resx rather than the codebehind
Features in Version 1.0.0.0
- Localizer provides full design time support for localizing
all WebControls in the System.Web.UI.WebControls namespace.
Properties localized include Text (Button,
CheckBox, RadioButton etc), ImageUrl (Image),
ListItem.Text (ListBox/DropDownList ),
NavigateUrl (HyperLink), AdvertisementFile
(AdRotator), ErrorMessage (Validators)
- Localizer provides runtime support for populating all
the localized controls on a WebForm from the appropriate
satellite assembly, with fallback to the language invariant
resource if no localized version is available
- Localizer can be set to automatically localize the page
at runtime either at OnLoad or OnPreRender.
Alternatively it can be set to Manual and
you can trigger the localization of the page with a
call to the Localize method.
- CulturePicker WebControl allows
selection of localized language at runtime, and then automatically
sets the Culture of the thread to the selection on postback.
More Information
1) Read the Getting
Started guide, or download the .pdf
version.
2) Watch the Localizer
walkthrough (requires a Java plug-in version
1.3.1 or above).
3) Try the free trial version. See below...
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