Localization

• Jul 16, 2019
• 2 minutes to read

Localization adapts your application to linguistic and regional differences. You can localize the application resources and provide an interface that is specific to a particular culture or locale. DevExpress Dashboard allows you to localize messages (UI elements such as dialog boxes, button captions, menu items, error messages) and culture-specific data (numbers, dates, and currencies).

For instance, the following image illustrates a WinForms Designer form localized into Spanish:

Culture-Specific Data

You can change the currency settings in dashboard designers or use the following API members in code:

Platform	Code	UI
Desktop	DataItemNumericFormat.CurrencyCultureName Dashboard.CurrencyCultureName
Web	DataItemNumericFormat.currencyCultureName Dashboard.currencyCultureName

User Interface

You can localize DevExpress Dashboard’s UI with the following approaches:

• Use DevExpress Localization Service that provides satellite resource assemblies and JSON files.
• Use localizer objects that provide localized strings to specify localization resource values at runtime.

The table below displays supported approaches to localize the application’s UI in the dashboard control. Select a control for details:

Control	Localization Service	Localizer Objects
WinForms Dashboard Designer WinForms Dashboard Viewer	Satellite Assemblies Basic modules to translate: Dashboard.Core Dashboard.Win Dependent modules: DataAccess DataAccess.UI RichEdit.Core XtraBars XtraGrid XtraReports XtraRichEdit	DashboardWinLocalizer DashboardWinResLocalizer DashboardLocalizer DashboardsResLocalizer
WPF Dashboard Control	Satellite Assemblies Modules to translate: Dashboard.Core Xpf.DocumentViewer.Core	DashboardLocalizer DashboardsResLocalizer
Web Dashboard	Satellite Assemblies / JSON files Modules to translate: Dashboard.Core Dashboard.Web DataAccess Web.Resources	Unsupported