ASP.NET Tutorial/I18N/Global Resources
Creating Global Resources
You create global resource files by adding the files to a special folder named App_GlobalResources.
This folder must be located in the root of your application.
File: App_GlobalResources\Site.resx
Name Value
Title My website
Copyright Copyright 2006 by the Company
The following page uses the entries from the global resource file.
<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
<title>
<asp:Literal
id="ltlTitle"
Text="<%$ Resources:Site,Title %>"
Runat="Server" />
</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<br />Page Content
<br />Page Content
<br />Page Content
<br />Page Content
<hr />
<asp:Literal
id="ltlCopyright"
Text="<%$ Resources:Site,Copyright %>"
Runat="Server" />
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Localize a global resource file by adding culture names to the filename
File: App_GlobalResources\Site.es.resx
Name Value
Title t
Copyright Copyright
Retrieving Global Resources Programmatically
<%@ Page Language="C#" UICulture="auto" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<script runat="server">
void Page_Load()
{
lblMessage.Text = (string)GetGlobalResourceObject("Site", "Title");
}
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
<title>Program Global</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:Label
id="lblMessage"
Runat="server" />
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>