Is is safe to assume the built in libraries will use globalization code when
needed? For instance, I cannot find anywhere in the docs that state the
listbox.sort() method
takes into account the CurrentCulture of the application when defining its

I've read several articles that state this is a property of a thread and can
be reset. Some mention security settings but that's a runtime thing. It
seems, however, it is a static readonly attribute and therefore cannot be
set. How can I set that attribute dynamically?

I am calling the following code in a button click event. Every click causes
the result set to 'toggle'. In otherwords, the original click will display
'...,lIMES,LIMES,limes,...' and then the next click will display
'...,limes,LIMES,lIMES,...'. Any ideas as to why?

I am populating a combo box with all of the string representation of the
values from the System.Drawing.KnownColor enum...I want the color names to
be localized but it seems that the types are English even on a French WinXP
OS with .Net Framework installed.  Is there anyway for ...

I currently have a Win32 app (written in English) that is starting to be
used in Sweden.  I have come across a problem where something my app is
doing is causing an error only when run on Swedish versions of XP and/or
Office.  The actual error is being raised by a Microsoft ...

MichKa's book, "Internationalization with Visual Basic" is the gold-standard
on the topic for classic VB. Does such a tome exist for C# / DotNet? If not,
is there a concise overview out on the net somewhere?
Many TIA,

           I'm developing a web application, in that I have to display the
short date according to the customized date format of client machine's
culture.
           For example

I don't know this post is appropriate for this group or not.
I using english VS.NET2003 and my colleague using Japanese VS.NET2003. When
he writes comment in japanese in his PC, I can not see the japanese
comments(only the broken characters) in my PC. Is there any solution??

Consider a form with a DatePicker1 and a Button1: each time I press Button1 I
want the current culture to change from en-US to it-IT, then Button1 text
should diplay the current date in the current culture format and the same for
DatePicker1.

I am trying to convert an asp web application to a international
version, I am done with the screen labels and text that appears on the
screen depending on the language what the user selects. But i have
problems if a client has a regional setting other than english, he is

I have created a program that contains a localized German UI.  If I run the
program and set Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture to German (in Main,
before anything else happens), it appears to run in a German mode.
However, not all of my controls were appearing in German as they ...