Localization in UWP Spreadsheet (SfSpreadsheet)

10 May 20211 minute to read

Localization is the process of configuring the application to a specific language. SfSpreadsheet provides support to localize all the static text in a Ribbon and all dialogs to any desired language. Localization can be done by adding resource file and setting the specific culture in the application.

SfSpreadsheet allows you to set custom resource using Resw file. You can define your string values in resource file for a specific culture and set the culture in your application.

Set Current UI Culture to the Application

To set the CultureInformation in the Application, set the CurrentUICulture before the InitializeComponent() method is called.

Setting of the culture information,

C#

public MainPage()
{
    System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("ja");
    InitializeComponent();
}

Now, the Application is set to the Japanese Culture info.

Localization using Resource file

The following steps show how to implement the localization in SfSpreadsheet,

• Create a folder and name it as ‘Resources’ in your application.
• Add the default resource[English(“en-US”)] file of SfSpreadsheet in the ‘Resources’ folder named as Syncfusion.SfSpreadsheet.UWP.resw.
  You can download the Resw file here
• Create Resw(resource) file under the ‘Resources’ folder and name it as Syncfusion.SfSpreadsheet.UWP.[Culture name].resw.
  For example, Syncfusion.SfSpreadsheet.UWP.ja.resw for Japanese culture.

• Add the resource key such as name and its corresponding localized value in Resource Designer of Syncfusion.SfSpreadsheet.UWP.ja.resw file.
  For your reference, you can download the Japanese(“ja-JP”) Resw file here

The following screenshot shows you the localization in SfSpreadsheet,

Modifying the localized strings in Resource file

Users can modify the default localized strings in Resource file by adding the default Resw (resource) file of SfSpreadsheet in the ‘Resources’ folder of your application and name it as Syncfusion.SfSpreadsheet.UWP.resw.

Now, the default localized strings can be modified by changing the Name/Value pair in the Syncfusion.SfSpreadsheet.UWP.resw file.