Adding Resource Files

As with Windows Forms, you can create a set of resource files for the DataGrid for Silverlight assembly. You can create separate resource files, with the extension .resx, for each required culture. When the application runs you can switch between those resources and between languages. Note that all parts of your application using components from a DataGrid for Silverlight DLL must use the same localization resource.

Localization Conventions

To localize the grid you would need to set up resource files for each localized culture. The following conventions are recommended when creating .resx resource files:

• All .resx files should be placed in the Resources subfolder of your project.

• Files should be named as follows:

XXX.YYY.resx, where:

• XXX is the name of the ComponentOne assembly.

• YYY is the culture code of the resource. If your translation is only for the invariant culture, the .resx file does not need to contain a culture suffix.

For example:

• C1.Silverlight.DataGrid.de.resx – German (de) resource for the C1.WPF.DataGrid assembly.

• C1.Silverlight.DataGrid.resx – Invariant culture resource for the C1.WPF.DataGrid assembly.

Localization Strings

The following table lists strings that can be added to an .resx file to localize your application:

String	Default Value	Description
AddNewRow	Click here to add a new row	Text that appears in the add new row.
CheckBoxFilter_Checked	Checked :	Text that appears in the filter for check box columns to indicate if the column should be filtered for checked or unchecked items.
ComboBoxFilter_SelectAll	Select All	Text that appears in the filter for check box columns to select all items.
DateTimeFilter_End	End	Text that appears in the filter for date time columns for the end of the date time range.
DateTimeFilter_Start	Start	Text that appears in the filter for date time columns for the start of the date time range.
EmptyGroupPanel	Drag a column here to group by that column	Text that appears in the grouping area of the grid when no columns are grouped.
Filter_Clear	Clear	Text that appears in the filter bar to clear the filter condition.
Filter_Filter	Filter	Text that appears in the filter bar to add a filter condition.
NumericFilter_And	And	Text that appears in the filter bar for numeric columns to indicate multiple filter conditions.
NumericFilter_Equals	Equals	Text that appears in the filter bar for numeric columns to indicate the filter condition should apply to exact matches only.
NumericFilter_GraterOrEquals	Greater/Equals	Text that appears in the filter bar for numeric columns to indicate the filter condition should apply to items with higher values than the condition value or exact matches only.
NumericFilter_Greater	Greater	Text that appears in the filter bar for numeric columns to indicate the filter condition should apply to items with higher values than the condition value.
NumericFilter_Less	Less	Text that appears in the filter bar for numeric columns to indicate the filter condition should apply to items with lower values than the condition value.
NumericFilter_LessOrEquals	Less/Equals	Text that appears in the filter bar for numeric columns to indicate the filter condition should apply to items with lower values than the condition value or exact matches only.
NumericFilter_NotEquals	Not Equals	Text that appears in the filter bar for numeric columns to indicate the filter condition should apply to items that are not an exact match.
NumericFilter_Or	Or	Text that appears in the filter bar for numeric columns to indicate multiple filter conditions.
TextFilter_Contains	Contains	Text that appears in the filter for text columns to indicate if the filter condition should apply to items that contain the value of the condition.
TextFilter_Equals	Equals	Text that appears in the filter bar for text columns to indicate the filter condition should apply to exact matches only.
TextFilter_NotEquals	Not Equals	Text that appears in the filter bar for text columns to indicate the filter condition should apply to items that are not an exact match.
TextFilter_StartsWith	Starts With	Text that appears in the filter for text columns to indicate if the filter condition should apply to items that start with the value of the condition.