Convert English Language To Arabic In Windows Form Application C#

Here are the steps,

Step 1: Create MDI forms in Windows Forms Application as in the following figure 1,


                                                                           Figure 1

Step 2: Make some designs using two menustrips as in the following figure 2,


                                                                              Figure 2

Step 3: Make a new folder named language, then add two resource files, open one resource file and add corresponding Arabic word instead English menu items as in the following figure 3.


                                                                           Figure 3

Step 4: Open resource 2 file, add corresponding English word instead menus strip as in the following figure 4.


                                                               Figure 4

Step 5: Create table on SQL server then update code status to whether English or Arabic and add this code.

Source code:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Resources;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
    public partial class MDIForms : Form
    {
        private int childFormNumber = 0;

        public MDIForms()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        ResourceManager res_man;
       // ResourceManager res_man1; // declare Resource manager to access to specific cultureinfo
        CultureInfo cul;
        private void switch_language()
        {
            menuItem1.Text = res_man.GetString("menuItem1", cul);
            menuItem2.Text = res_man.GetString("menuItem2", cul);
            menuItem3.Text = res_man.GetString("menuItem3", cul);
            menuItem4.Text = res_man.GetString("menuItem4", cul);
            menuItem5.Text = res_man.GetString("menuItem5", cul);
            menuItem6.Text = res_man.GetString("menuItem6", cul);
            menuItem7.Text = res_man.GetString("menuItem7", cul);
            menuItem8.Text = res_man.GetString("menuItem8", cul);
            menuItem9.Text = res_man.GetString("menuItem9", cul);
            menuItem10.Text = res_man.GetString("menuItem10", cul);
            menuItem11.Text = res_man.GetString("menuItem11", cul);
            menuItem12.Text = res_man.GetString("menuItem12", cul);
            menuItem13.Text = res_man.GetString("menuItem13", cul);
            menuItem14.Text = res_man.GetString("menuItem14", cul);
            menuItem15.Text = res_man.GetString("menuItem15", cul);
            menuItem16.Text = res_man.GetString("menuItem16", cul);
            menuItem17.Text = res_man.GetString("menuItem17", cul);
            menuItem18.Text = res_man.GetString("menuItem18", cul);
            menuItem19.Text = res_man.GetString("menuItem19", cul);
            menuItem20.Text = res_man.GetString("menuItem20", cul);
            menuItem21.Text = res_man.GetString("menuItem21", cul);
            menuItem22.Text = res_man.GetString("menuItem22", cul);
            menuItem23.Text = res_man.GetString("menuItem23", cul);
            menuItem24.Text = res_man.GetString("menuItem24", cul);
            menuItem25.Text = res_man.GetString("menuItem25", cul);

            menuItem27.Text = res_man.GetString("menuItem27", cul);
            menuItem28.Text = res_man.GetString("menuItem28", cul);
            menuItem29.Text = res_man.GetString("menuItem29", cul);
            menuItem30.Text = res_man.GetString("menuItem30", cul);
            menuItem31.Text = res_man.GetString("menuItem31", cul);
            menuItem32.Text = res_man.GetString("menuItem32", cul);
               }

        private void CloseAllToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            foreach (Form childForm in MdiChildren)
            {
                childForm.Close();
            }
        }
        //string GetConStr();//***************** add sql connection
        private void logOutToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            //SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(GetConStr());

            //conn.Open();
            //SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("UPDATE  Language  SET status='Arabic' WHERE status='English' ", conn);
            //cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
            res_man = new ResourceManager("WindowsFormsApplication1.language.Resource", typeof(MDIForms).Assembly);

            cul = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("Ar");
            switch_language();
            menuStrip.Font = new Font("Segoe UI", 12, FontStyle.Regular);
            menuStrip1.RightToLeft = RightToLeft.No; ;
            menuStrip.Dock = DockStyle.Right;
        }

        private void eNGLISHToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            //SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(GetConStr());

            //conn.Open();
            //SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("UPDATE  Language  SET status='English' WHERE status='Arabic' ", conn);
            //cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
            res_man = new ResourceManager("WindowsFormsApplication1.language.Resource", typeof(MDIForms).Assembly);

            cul = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("en");
            switch_language();
            menuStrip.Font = new Font("Segoe UI", 12, FontStyle.Regular);
            menuStrip1.RightToLeft = RightToLeft.Yes; ;
            menuStrip.Dock = DockStyle.Left;
        }
    }
}

The output will be as in the following figure 5,


                                                                                 Figure 5

Step 6: We can design child form for sample Arabic conversion by adding new form, add some labels and controls as in the following figure 6,


                                                                                       Figure 6

Source code for change language child form:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Resources;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
        string activation_status = "English";
        private void switch_language()
        {
            label2.Text = "??? ??????";
            label3.Text = "??? ????";
            label23.Text = " ???? ????";
            label4.Text = "???";
            label5.Text = "??? ???????";
            label6.Text = "???";
            label7.Text = "????? ?????";
            label8.Text = "????? ????????";
            button8.Text = "???";
            btnClear.Text = "????";
            btnClose.Text = "?????";
            panel1.Dock = DockStyle.Right;
            panel3.Dock = DockStyle.Right;
            panel2.Dock = DockStyle.Right;
            }
       // public string activation_status;
        //public void checkactivation()
        //{
        //    //ConnectionsDL objcon = new ConnectionsDL();
        //    //string constr = objcon.GetConString();

        //  SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(GetConStr());

        //    conn.Open();
        //    SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("select * from Language", conn);
        //    cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
        //    SqlDataAdapter daLogin = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd);
        //    DataSet dsLogin = new DataSet();
        //    daLogin.Fill(dsLogin);
        //    DataTable actTable = new DataTable();
        //    actTable = dsLogin.Tables[0];

        //    for (int i = 0; i < actTable.Rows.Count; i++)
        //    {
        //        activation_status = actTable.Rows[i]["status"].ToString().Trim();
        //    }
        //}
        ResourceManager res_man;
               CultureInfo cul;
        public void langugechange()
        {
            //checkactivation();
            if (activation_status == "Arabic")
            {
            switch_language()
            }
            else if (activation_status == "English")
            {

            }

        }

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            langugechange();
        }
   }
}

The output will be as in the following figure 7. You can change language activation status in SQL server (now I am giving it directly).


                                                                                    Figure 7

Summary

In this article, we discussed how to convert English language to Arabic language in Windows Form C#. After that, we discussed how to use its various properties and methods to build real middle east world application.