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Michael Brown - 09 Jun 2006 21:27 GMT

Hi there. I need to detect what languages are supported by an application
using the VS automation IDE (for a VS add-in). Unfortunately, I can't seem
to find any clean way of doing this other than searching for all (embedded)
resource files and checking for the appropriate language extension (e.g.,
"MyResource.[<LanguageExtension>].resx"). Does anyone know if there's a
cleaner way of doing this (none that I can find in the automation API so
far) and more importantly, how do you determine what the default language is
(since no language extension is present for default language resource
files). Thanks in advance.

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Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP] - 12 Jun 2006 09:35 GMT

Hi Michael,

I think that there is nothing in the extensibility model for the IDE, since
that info belongs to the app, not to the IDE, but some pointers:

- The System.Resource namespace has classes and attributes related to this
stuff, such as the ResourceManager, the NeutralResourcesLanguageAtributte,
etc. For example, given a compiled assembly, you can get its
NeutralResourcesLanguage atributte through reflection.

- The localization for forms (Localizable and Language properties) is done
through and extender provider:
System.ComponentModel.Design.LocalizationExtenderProvider.

- The default language can be retrieved through the
NeutralResourcesLanguageAtributte and if none exists, then
CultureInfo.InvariantCulture().

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> Hi there. I need to detect what languages are supported by an application
> using the VS automation IDE (for a VS add-in). Unfortunately, I can't seem
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> default language is (since no language extension is present for default
> language resource files). Thanks in advance.

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Michael Brown - 12 Jun 2006 14:48 GMT

> Hi Michael,
>
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> NeutralResourcesLanguageAtributte and if none exists, then
> CultureInfo.InvariantCulture().

Thanks for the feedback (appreciated). I'll look into these classes but can
you confirm that inspecting the resource file names is the correct (only)
way to detect which languages are supported (at build time anyway). Thanks.

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Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP] - 13 Jun 2006 11:33 GMT

Hi,

> can you confirm that inspecting the resource file names is the correct
> (only) way to detect which languages are supported (at build time anyway).
> Thanks.

I don´t know if it is the correct or only way, but it is a valid one. I
would use it.

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