Question

I’ve got a C# .NET program here with the following line for loading strings:

m_resource_manager = new ResourceManager("Foo.FooStrings", Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly());

as was recommended to me. Right now, I’ve got a request to stop doing these translations, and do everything in English. I want to make changes as low-impact and reversible as possible.

I’d like to change this line so it always loads the English string table, but I don’t know what to specify, or for that matter whether this is a good way or not.

Is this a good way to stick to English? If so, how should I write it? If not, what should I do instead?

Answer 1

You can specify culture right before this string:

#if ENGLISH_ONLY
System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = new CultureInfo("en-GB");
System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo("en-GB");
#endif

Then if you compile assembly with ENGLISH_ONLY symbol all loading strings will be in English.