Language List Generator

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This page shows you some of possibilities for the language list.

The Language list is the list of cultures used by Language Switcher. It is always made of 2 Cultures.

Dot net Framework defines 2 Current Cultures:

• CurrentUILanguage is the Culture used for translating texts and keys.
• CurrentLanguage is the Culture used for formatting numbers, dates and strings in general.

The list exposes these possibilites.

The first one is the UI Culture, the second one is the formatting Culture.

The list of languages is in the form of: CurrentUILanguage=CurrentLanguage;....

Remember that first one can be any Culture, but second one (formatting) MUST be specific: it MUST include region specification.

If you omit the second one the Language switcher choose one for you.

If the first ons is not specific (e.g.: en) the Switcher chooses the best match accorsing to CultureInfo property. (en-US in this sample).

Select one test from dropdown below and the layout mode for testing Switcher in DropDown or Flags list mode.

All Neutral with default specific All specific with neutral as default English cultures Indian cultures Some cultures, all with English as formatting
Links Vertical Links Horizontal Drop Down List

	English
	Italian

CurrentUICulture	en
CurrentCulture	en-US
LanguageList	en=en-US;it=it-IT
Type	VerticalLinksList
Flags	DisplayUICultureList
Labels	DisplayUICultureList
ShowNameAs	DisplayName
ChangeLanguageAction	Postback
ChangeLanguageUrl	/CultureListGenerator.aspx
ImagePath	images/flags/

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