LanguageSettings Class

public static class LanguageSettings

Public NotInheritable Class LanguageSettings

public ref class LanguageSettings abstract sealed

[<AbstractClassAttribute>]
[<SealedAttribute>]
type LanguageSettings =  class end

using System;
using System.Globalization;
using KGySoft;
using KGySoft.Resources;

class Example
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        LanguageSettings.DisplayLanguage = CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("de-DE");

        // Even though we set the language above centralized resources still return the built-in compiled resources.
        // Of course, if you use compiled resources in your application with the selected language, then they will be considered.
        Console.WriteLine("Non-localized resource:");
        Console.WriteLine(PublicResources.ArgumentNull);
        Console.WriteLine();

        // In an application that uses KGySoft.CoreLibraries you can opt-in to use dynamic resources from .resx files.
        LanguageSettings.DynamicResourceManagersSource = ResourceManagerSources.CompiledAndResX;

        // Next line tells that whenever a resource is requested, which does not exist in the resource file of the display
        // language, then its resource file will be dynamically created and/or expanded by the requested resource.
        LanguageSettings.DynamicResourceManagersAutoAppend = AutoAppendOptions.AppendFirstNeutralCulture;

        // Actually the default value is AutoAppendOptions.AppendFirstNeutralCulture | AutoAppendOptions.AppendOnLoad,
        // which causes to add not just the requested resource but all of the missing ones to the target resource file.
        // Delete the line above to see the difference.

        Console.WriteLine("Localized resource:");
        Console.WriteLine(PublicResources.ArgumentNull);
    }
}

// When this example is executed for the first time it produces the following output:

// Non-localized resource:
// Value cannot be null.
// 
// Localized resource:
// [T]Value cannot be null.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
  <data name = "General_ArgumentNull">
    <value>[T]Value cannot be null.</value>
  </data>
</root>