ASP.NET

How To Create Multiple Languages In ASP.NET MVC 4.5 Framework

Step 1 - Open your Visual Studio and click File=> New=>Project, as shown blow-

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Step 2 - Now, select ASP.NET Web Application template and give a name to your project. Here, our project name is “MultiLanMVC” and click OK button.

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Step 3 - Select “Empty MVC template” and click OK button.

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Step 4 - You have to go to Solution Explorer and right click on your Project name=> Add=>New item.

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Step 5 - In this section, you have to add “Resources File”.

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Step 6 - In this section, I have used Field name and its value declaration. You can click Access Modifier then select public access modifier. Don’t forget to change all the resource files Access Modifier to public.

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Step 7 - Here, I have added four resource files for four different languages. I’m discussing here four resource files, which are-

  • Resource.resx- It is used for the default resource file associated with English. Here “.resx” is an extension file name in Resource file.
  • Resource.Hi.resx- This resource file is used for Hindi language.
  • Resource.Ja.resx- This resource file is used for Japanese language. 
  • Resource.Ar.resx- This resource file is used for Arabic language.
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Step 8 - Go to Solution Explorer and right click on Models=>Add=>Class.

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Step 9 - In the following figure, give a name to your model class. Here, our class name is “Registration”.

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Our coding is given below-
  1. using System;  
  2. using System.Collections.Generic;  
  3. using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;  
  4. using System.Linq;  
  5. using System.Web;  
  6. namespace MultiLanMVC.Models  
  7. {  
  8.     public class Registration {  
  9.         [Display(Name = "FirstName", ResourceType = typeof(Resource))]  
  10.         [Required(ErrorMessageResourceType = typeof(Resource), ErrorMessageResourceName = "FirstNameRequired")]  
  11.         public string FirstName {  
  12.             get;  
  13.             set;  
  14.         }  
  15.         [Display(Name = "LastName", ResourceType = typeof(Resource))]  
  16.         [Required(ErrorMessageResourceType = typeof(Resource), ErrorMessageResourceName = "LastNameRequired")]  
  17.         public string LastName {  
  18.             get;  
  19.             set;  
  20.         }  
  21.         [Display(Name = "Email", ResourceType = typeof(Resource))]  
  22.         [Required(ErrorMessageResourceType = typeof(Resource), ErrorMessageResourceName = "EmailRequired")]  
  23.         [RegularExpression(@ "^([0-9a-zA-Z]([\+\-_\.][0-9a-zA-Z]+)*)+@(([0-9a-zA-Z][-\w]*[0-9a-zA-Z]*\.)+[a-zA-Z0-9]{2,3})$", ErrorMessageResourceType = typeof(Resource), ErrorMessageResourceName = "EmailInvalid")]  
  24.         public string Email {  
  25.             get;  
  26.             set;  
  27.         }  
  28.         [Display(Name = "Country", ResourceType = typeof(Resource))]  
  29.         [Required(ErrorMessageResourceType = typeof(Resource), ErrorMessageResourceName = "CountryNameRequired")]  
  30.         public string Country {  
  31.             get;  
  32.             set;  
  33.         }  
  34.     }  
  35. }  
Step 10 - Go to Solution Explorer= > Right click on Project name= > Add= > Class => Enter Class name= > Add.

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Coding
  1. using System;  
  2. using System.Collections.Generic;  
  3. using System.Globalization;  
  4. using System.Linq;  
  5. using System.Threading;  
  6. using System.Web;  
  7. namespace MultiLanMVC  
  8. {  
  9.     public class LanguageMang {  
  10.         public static List < Languages > AvailableLanguages = new List < Languages > {  
  11.             new Languages {  
  12.                 LanguageFullName = "English", LanguageCultureName = "en"  
  13.             },  
  14.             new Languages {  
  15.                 LanguageFullName = "Hindi", LanguageCultureName = "Hi"  
  16.             },  
  17.             new Languages {  
  18.                 LanguageFullName = "japanese", LanguageCultureName = "Ja"  
  19.             },  
  20.             new Languages {  
  21.                 LanguageFullName = "arabic", LanguageCultureName = "Ar"  
  22.             },  
  23.         };  
  24.         public static bool IsLanguageAvailable(string lang) {  
  25.             return AvailableLanguages.Where(a => a.LanguageCultureName.Equals(lang)).FirstOrDefault() != null ? true : false;  
  26.         }  
  27.         public static string GetDefaultLanguage() {  
  28.             return AvailableLanguages[0].LanguageCultureName;  
  29.         }  
  30.         public void SetLanguage(string lang) {  
  31.             try {  
  32.                 if (!IsLanguageAvailable(lang)) lang = GetDefaultLanguage();  
  33.                 var cultureInfo = new CultureInfo(lang);  
  34.                 Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = cultureInfo;  
  35.                 Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture(cultureInfo.Name);  
  36.                 HttpCookie langCookie = new HttpCookie("culture", lang);  
  37.                 langCookie.Expires = DateTime.Now.AddYears(1);  
  38.                 HttpContext.Current.Response.Cookies.Add(langCookie);  
  39.             } catch (Exception) {}  
  40.         }  
  41.     }  
  42.     public class Languages {  
  43.         public string LanguageFullName {  
  44.             get;  
  45.             set;  
  46.         }  
  47.         public string LanguageCultureName {  
  48.             get;  
  49.             set;  
  50.         }  
  51.     }  
  52. }   
Step 11 - Here, add another class. Go to Solution Explorer= > Right click on Project name= > Add= > Class => Enter class name= > Add. Here, our Class name is “MyController”.

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Our coding is given below-
  1. using System;  
  2. using System.Collections.Generic;  
  3. using System.Linq;  
  4. using System.Web;  
  5. using System.Web.Mvc;  
  6. namespace MultiLanMVC  
  7. {  
  8.     public class MyController: Controller   
  9.     {  
  10.         protected override IAsyncResult BeginExecuteCore(AsyncCallback callback, object state) {  
  11.             string lang = null;  
  12.             HttpCookie langCookie = Request.Cookies["culture"];  
  13.             if (langCookie != null) {  
  14.                 lang = langCookie.Value;  
  15.             } else {  
  16.                 var userLanguage = Request.UserLanguages;  
  17.                 var userLang = userLanguage != null ? userLanguage[0] : "";  
  18.                 if (userLang != "") {  
  19.                     lang = userLang;  
  20.                 } else {  
  21.                     lang = LanguageMang.GetDefaultLanguage();  
  22.                 }  
  23.             }  
  24.             new LanguageMang().SetLanguage(lang);  
  25.             return base.BeginExecuteCore(callback, state);  
  26.         }  
  27.     }  
  28. }  
Step 12 - Now, right click on your Controller folder and add=>Controller=>Empty Controller and add Controller name. I have a controller name as “HomeController”.

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Code
  1. using MultiLanMVC.Models;  
  2. using System;  
  3. using System.Collections.Generic;  
  4. using System.Linq;  
  5. using System.Web;  
  6. using System.Web.Mvc;  
  7. namespace MultiLanMVC.Controllers  
  8. {  
  9.     public class HomeController: MyController {  
  10.         // GET: Home    
  11.         public ActionResult Index() {  
  12.                 return View();  
  13.             }  
  14.             [HttpPost]  
  15.         public ActionResult Index(Registration r) {  
  16.             return View(r);  
  17.         }  
  18.         public ActionResult ChangeLanguage(string lang) {  
  19.             new LanguageMang().SetLanguage(lang);  
  20.             return RedirectToAction("Index", "Home");  
  21.         }  
  22.     }  
  23. }  
Step 13 - Now, right click on ActionResult and add a new View. Click to add button.

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  1. @model MultiLanMVC.Models.Registration  
  2. @ {  
  3.     ViewBag.Title = MultiLanMVC.Resource.Register;  
  4. } < h2 > @MultiLanMVC.Resource.Register < /h2>    
  5. @using(Html.BeginForm()) {  
  6.     @Html.AntiForgeryToken() < div class = "form-horizontal" > < h4 > Registration < /h4>   < hr / > @Html.ValidationSummary(true, "", new {  
  7.         @class = "text-danger"  
  8.     }) < div class = "form-group" > @Html.LabelFor(model => model.FirstName, htmlAttributes: new {  
  9.         @class = "control-label col-md-2"  
  10.     }) < div class = "col-md-10" > @Html.EditorFor(model => model.FirstName, new {  
  11.         htmlAttributes = new {  
  12.             @class = "form-control"  
  13.         }  
  14.     })  
  15.     @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.FirstName, "", new {  
  16.         @class = "text-danger"  
  17.     }) < /div>   < /div>   < div class = "form-group" > @Html.LabelFor(model => model.LastName, htmlAttributes: new {  
  18.         @class = "control-label col-md-2"  
  19.     }) < div class = "col-md-10" > @Html.EditorFor(model => model.LastName, new {  
  20.         htmlAttributes = new {  
  21.             @class = "form-control"  
  22.         }  
  23.     })  
  24.     @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.LastName, "", new {  
  25.         @class = "text-danger"  
  26.     }) < /div>   < /div>   < div class = "form-group" > @Html.LabelFor(model => model.Email, htmlAttributes: new {  
  27.         @class = "control-label col-md-2"  
  28.     }) < div class = "col-md-10" > @Html.EditorFor(model => model.Email, new {  
  29.         htmlAttributes = new {  
  30.             @class = "form-control"  
  31.         }  
  32.     })  
  33.     @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Email, "", new {  
  34.         @class = "text-danger"  
  35.     }) < /div>   < /div>   < div class = "form-group" > @Html.LabelFor(model => model.Country, htmlAttributes: new {  
  36.         @class = "control-label col-md-2"  
  37.     }) < div class = "col-md-10" > @Html.EditorFor(model => model.Country, new {  
  38.         htmlAttributes = new {  
  39.             @class = "form-control"  
  40.         }  
  41.     })  
  42.     @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Country, "", new {  
  43.         @class = "text-danger"  
  44.     }) < /div>   < /div>   < div class = "form-group" > < div class = "col-md-offset-2 col-md-10" > < input type = "submit"  
  45.     value = "@MultiLanMVC.Resource.Register"  
  46.     class = "btn btn-default" / > < /div>   < /div>   < /div>    
  47. } < div > @Html.ActionLink("Back to List", "Index") < /div>   < script src = "~/Scripts/jquery-1.10.2.min.js" > < /script>   < script src = "~/Scripts/jquery.validate.min.js" > < /script>   < script src = "~/Scripts/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js" > < /script>  
Step 14 - Add the given code in Complete Layout page. (_Layout .cshtml).
  1. <div style="padding:5px">  
  2.   
  3. @{  
  4. foreach (var i in MultiLanMVC.LanguageMang.AvailableLanguages)  
  5. {  
  6. @Html.ActionLink(i.LanguageFullName, "ChangeLanguage", "Home", new { lang = i.LanguageCultureName }, null) <text> </text>  
  7. }  
  8. }  
  9. </div> 
Here, the default output is given blow-

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Click English tab at the top of the page and you will see all the required validations are in Spanish language.

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Click Hindi tab at the top of the page and then you will see all the required validations are in Hindi language.

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Click Japanese tab at the top of the page and you will see all the required validations are in Japanese language.

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Click Arabic tab at the top of the page and then you will see all the required validations are in Arabic language.

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I hope you enjoyed this multi-language tutorial. Follow C# Corner to learn new things about ASP.NET MVC. Thanks for reading this article.

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