https://github.com/syncfusion/winforms-controls-localization-resx-files
This repository includes the resource(.resx) files with default strings that are used for localization of Syncfusion WinForms libraries.
https://github.com/syncfusion/winforms-controls-localization-resx-files
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This repository includes the resource(.resx) files with default strings that are used for localization of Syncfusion WinForms libraries.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/syncfusion/winforms-controls-localization-resx-files
- Owner: syncfusion
- Created: 2019-10-17T05:58:40.000Z (over 6 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2025-06-26T10:10:22.000Z (10 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-06-30T12:12:19.952Z (10 months ago)
- Topics: localization, windows-forms, winforms
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- Size: 369 KB
- Stars: 4
- Watchers: 7
- Forks: 7
- Open Issues: 1
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- Readme: README.md
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# Localization of Syncfusion® WF controls using .resx files
This respository contains the default resources file (.resx) of Syncfusion Windows Forms libraries. You can use this resource files to localize the strings for any selected language.
## Localization of Syncfusion Windows Forms Controls
Localization is the process of translating the application resources into different language for the specific cultures. You can localize the syncfusion Windows Forms Controls by adding resource file for each language.
### Changing application culture
When you are changing the application culture, then you can localize the application based on application culture by creating .resx file.
```
public Form1()
{
System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("de-DE");
System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("de-DE");
InitializeComponent();
}
```
## Creating .resx files
You can create .resx files for any languages by following steps,
1) Right click your project and click `New Folder` and set name as `Resources`.
2) Add default resource file of libraries you are using to `Resources` folder.
> Consider you are using `SfDataGrid` control in your application. Then you need to copy and include `Syncfusion.SfDataGrid.WinForms.resx` (since `SfDataGrid` present in `Syncfusion.SfDataGrid.WinForms` library) file in your application under `Resources` folder. So, now you can know the key names and values of default strings used in `Syncfusion.SfDataGrid.WinForms.dll` library.
3) Now, right click on `Resources` folder and select `Add` and then `New Item`. In the `Add New Item` wizard, select `Resources File` option and name the file name as `Syncfusion.SfDataGrid.WinForms..resx`. For example, you have to give name as `Syncfusion.SfDataGrid.WinForms.de-DE.resx` for `German` culture. In the same way, add new resource files for other libraries used in your application.
4) Now, select `Add` and add resource file for german culture in `Resources` folder.
5) Now, you can copy the key names from default resource files and change its corresponding value based on the culture, the resource file targets.
> Download demo from [GitHub](https://github.com/SyncfusionExamples/winforms-datagrid-localization)
## Editing default culture settings
You can change the default string of any control by adding the default .resx files ([from GitHub](https://github.com/syncfusion/winforms-controls-localization-resx-files)) to `Resources` folder of your application. Syncfusion Windows Forms controls reads the default string from the .resx files of application if its added.