Step 2 of 3: Adding a Resource File

In this step, you'll begin by adding a resource file to your application. Note that if you choose, you can add multiple resources files to your project.

1. In the Solution Explorer, right-click the C1DataGridLocalization project and choose Add | New Folder.

2. Name the folder you just created "Resources".

3. Right-click the Resources folder, and in the context menu select Add | New Item.

4. In the Add New Item dialog box, select Resources File in the templates pane, name the file "C1.Silverlight.DataGrid.resx", and click Add to add the file to your project.

5. If the resource file did not automatically open, double-click the file name in the Solution Explorer.

6. In the C1.Silverlight.DataGrid.es.resx file, add the following Names and Values:

Name	Value
AddNewRow	Click here to add a new row
CheckBoxFilter_Checked	Checked:
ComboBoxFilter_SelectAll	Select All
DateTimeFilter_End	End
DateTimeFilter_Start	Start
EmptyGroupPanel	Drag a column here to group by that column
Filter_Clear	Clear
Filter_Filter	Filter
NumericFilter_And	And
NumericFilter_GreaterOrEquals	Greater/Equals
NumericFilter_Greater	Greater
NumericFilter_Less	Less
NumericFilter_LessOrEquals	Less/Equals
NumericFilter_NotEquals	Not Equals
NumericFilter_Or	Or
TextFilter_Contains	Contains
TextFilter_StartsWith	Starts With
TextFilter_Equals	Equals
TextFilter_NotEquals	Not Equals

1. Save and close the resource file.

2. Right-click the Resources folder, and in the context menu select Add | New Item.

3. In the Add New Item dialog box, select Resources File in the templates pane, name the file "C1.Silverlight.DataGrid.es.resx", and click Add to add the file to your project.

This file will localize the application to Spanish. For information on file naming, see Adding Resource Files.

4. If the resource file did not automatically open, double-click the file name in the Solution Explorer.

5. In the C1.Silverlight.DataGrid.es.resx file, add the following Names and Values to add Spanish localization:

Name	Value
AddNewRow	Cliquee aquí para agregar un nuevo renglón
CheckBoxFilter_Checked	Seleccionado:
ComboBoxFilter_SelectAll	Seleccionar todo
DateTimeFilter_End	Fin
DateTimeFilter_Start	Inicio
EmptyGroupPanel	Arrastre una columna aquí para agrupar
Filter_Clear	Borrar
Filter_Filter	Filtrar
NumericFilter_And	Y
NumericFilter_Equals	Igual
NumericFilter_GreaterOrEquals	Mayor o igual
NumericFilter_Greater	Mayor
NumericFilter_Less	Menor
NumericFilter_LessOrEquals	Menor o igual
NumericFilter_NotEquals	Diferente
NumericFilter_Or	O
TextFilter_Contains	Contiene
TextFilter_StartsWith	Empieza con
TextFilter_Equals	Igual
TextFilter_NotEquals	Diferente

1. Save and close the resource file.

What You've Accomplished

In this step you added a new resource file to your application. In the next step you'll add the file's culture to the project's supported cultures, and then set that culture to be the current culture.