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Roberto Bianchi 137 posts 446 karma points c-trib

Dec 09, 2016 @ 17:24
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Change culture and hostname in razor

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Umbraco 7
Hello, how can I change culture and hostname of an Umbraco node using razor?

I tried using this code:
```
@using System.Globalization

System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("fr-FR");
System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("fr-FR");
```
But, for example, the dictionary items of this node are in english, instead of french.
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Marc Goodson 2141 posts 14344 karma points MVP 8x c-trib

Dec 10, 2016 @ 00:22
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Hi Bob

Yes you can set the Culture and UICulture for the 'WebPageRenderingBase' class used by your razor view. Umbraco Dictionary works off of the UICulture.

You could set this in your razor view by just having:
```
@{
Culture = UICulture = "fr-FR";
}
<h2>@Umbraco.GetDictionaryValue("hello")</h2>
```
and this would output

Bonjour

regards

Marc
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Roberto Bianchi 137 posts 446 karma points c-trib

Dec 12, 2016 @ 08:24

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Hello marc and thank you for your response.

I tried your code but the dictionary item still remains in english...

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Roberto Bianchi 137 posts 446 karma points c-trib

Dec 12, 2016 @ 15:23
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Sorry Marc, the page remained in english because of the cache.

Now I receive a compiler error CS0103:

The name 'Culture' does not exist in the current context.

And I still use this namespace:
```
@using System.Globalization
```
... strange ...
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Marc Goodson 2141 posts 14344 karma points MVP 8x c-trib

Dec 12, 2016 @ 18:39
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Hi Bob

veryy strange... my whole razor file is just:
```
@inherits Umbraco.Web.Mvc.UmbracoTemplatePage
@{
    Layout = "Master.cshtml";
}
@{ 
    Culture = UICulture = "fr-FR";
}
<h2>@Umbraco.GetDictionaryValue("test")</h2>
```
what is the model for your view ?
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Roberto Bianchi 137 posts 446 karma points c-trib

Dec 13, 2016 @ 08:23

I use this code on an helper method.

@using System.Globalization

@helper change()
{
    var cookieLingua = "en-US";

    if(Request.Cookies["lingua"]!=null)
    {
        cookieLingua = Request.Cookies["lingua"].Value;
    }

    System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo(cookieLingua);
    System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo(cookieLingua);
}

And now it works... I had the dictionary item in the language that I take from the cookie.

If I add your code, I receive the previous error.

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Marc Goodson 2141 posts 14344 karma points MVP 8x c-trib

Dec 13, 2016 @ 13:15

Hi Bob

Yes, my suggestion will only work in a Razor View, as it is the context of the View that enables you to set the underlying culture in this way.

You could handle changing the language, by putting something like this in /Views/_ViewStart.cshtml and you'd trigger a languag change by requesting ?lang=Fr-fr on a url / set and read from your cookie here:

    @using System.Globalization
    @using System.Web.Services.Protocols
    @{
        Layout = null;
        var lang = "en-GB";
        if (!Request["lang"].IsEmpty())
        {
            lang = Request["lang"];
            // check if valid culture
            if (CultureInfo.GetCultures(CultureTypes.SpecificCultures).Any(f=>f.TwoLetterISOLanguageName == lang || f.Name.ToLower() == lang.ToLower()))
            {
// set cookie...
                Culture = UICulture = lang;
            }

        }
else {
        // is cookie set
// get lang from cookie
// set culture
Culture = UICulture = lang;


}

    }

if that makes sense ?

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Roberto Bianchi 137 posts 446 karma points c-trib

Dec 13, 2016 @ 13:43

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Yup, this is another interesting solution :) thank you

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