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7/26/2011 7:31 AM

Colm Ryan

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Module Localization

I have an issue maybe somebody else has come across.
South African website on DNN5.6.2 with two languages Us-English and SA-English enabled. US English is the default. Content Localization is enabled so the default site language can't be changed. I have a module that display's currency and dates based on the current locale settings, which is defaulting to US as the default host & site settings. Is there anyway to mark the module as always to have the local settings for a language seen as the site locale can't be changed now?

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7/26/2011 4:02 PM

cathal connolly

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Re: Module Localization

no, you'll have to handle the fixed settings in your code i.e. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/9xk1h71t.aspx

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7/27/2011 10:58 AM

Sebastian Leupold

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Re: Module Localization

usually, if your module uses general formats, switching thread UI culture by using the language selector should switch formats of currencies, numbers and dates as well.

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7/27/2011 11:14 AM

Colm Ryan

www.3rdi.ie
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Posts: 160

Re: Module Localization

Hi Sebastian

Yes, but the problem is that the language selector for the site is disabled if Content. Localisation is disabled in the host settings, giving rise to a seperate page per language. If the default is not the correct culture you then have an issue. However I took Cathal's advice which seems to have sorted out the issue and that is to simply add a line to the page load event

Page.Culture = "ll-XX" - ie, some culture that I then read from the module settings having provided an override setting for it. Works fine in test and allows the module to have a culture distinct from the site or page settings.
Rgds
Colm

7/27/2011 11:27 AM

Colm Ryan

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Posts: 160

Re: Module Localization

That should of course read "if content.localization is enabled"

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