Set current culture of application in C#

Mahesh Kumar Yadav answered on May 19, 2024 Popularity 7/10 Helpfulness 1/10

answer Set current culture of application in C#

Set current culture of application in C#

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/// <summary>
/// Application level culture
/// </summary>
public class ApplicationCulture
{
    /// 05/19/2024 Mahesh Kumar Yadav.
    /// <summary>
    /// Set default application culture as en-US.
    /// It works for the application level even system is in any culture.
    /// </summary>
    public void SetDefaultCulture()
    {
        var cultureInfo = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture(CultureUs);
        Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = cultureInfo;
        Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = cultureInfo;
        // The CultureInfo class has two private static members named m_userDefaultCulture and m_userDefaultUICulture in versions prior to.NET 4.0;
        // in 4.0 they are named s_userDefaultCulture and s_userDefaultUICulture.
        var type = typeof(CultureInfo);
        try
        {
            type.InvokeMember("s_userDefaultCulture",
                BindingFlags.SetField | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Static,
                null,
                cultureInfo,
                new object[] { cultureInfo });

            type.InvokeMember("s_userDefaultUICulture",
                BindingFlags.SetField | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Static,
                null,
                cultureInfo,
                new object[] { cultureInfo });
        }
        catch
        {
            // In versions prior to.NET 4.0
            try
            {
                type.InvokeMember("m_userDefaultCulture",
                    BindingFlags.SetField | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Static,
                    null,
                    cultureInfo,
                    new object[] { cultureInfo });

                type.InvokeMember("m_userDefaultUICulture",
                    BindingFlags.SetField | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Static,
                    null,
                    cultureInfo,
                    new object[] { cultureInfo });
            }
            catch(Exception ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("The system encountered an issue while attempting to designate 'en-US' as the default culture.", ex);
            }
        }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Us culture name
    /// </summary>
    private const string CultureUs = "en-Us";
}

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