Multilanguage/localisation

[rossmcphee]

I'm trying it add multilanguage support to an external module (namespace Rtv.Local4).

In the Rtv.Local4.Client project I've created a LocalisedText.resx containing my default English text and a LocalisedText.DE.resx with the German translations. This produces an extra DLL named Rtv.Local4..Client.Oqtane.resources.dll, in a new folder called DE below the Client project's netcoreapp3.1 folder. So far so expected.

I've amended the .cmd files in the Rtv.Local4.Package project to copy the extra Rtv.Local4..Client.Oqtane.resources.dll file into a DE folder below the Octane Servers netcoreapp3.1 and was then hoping that I could access the translations from the client's Razor pages thus:

        Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("de-DE"); ;
        Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("de-DE");
        LoadingStr = Rtv.Local4.Client.LocalisedText.Index_Loading;

But that's not working - the English text continues to appear regardless of the current culture.

I wrote a little Console app to test the Rtv.Local4.Client and this does work as expected:

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(Rtv.Local4.Client.LocalisedText.Index_Loading);
            Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("de-DE"); ;
            Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("de-DE");
            Console.WriteLine(Rtv.Local4.Client.LocalisedText.Index_Loading);
        }

Produces:

	Loading
	Laden

Has anyone got localisation working successfully in Oqtane?

I notice there a mention of "Static Localization" on the road map - is that just for Oqtane Server or are changes being considered for external modules as well?

[hishamco]

Did you use the localization APIs? BTW the localization on the roadmap AFAIK, I'm glad to work on this in the upcoming future ...

[rossmcphee]

Which localisation APIs do you mean? I started hacking around with the Blazor IStringLocalizer but stopped when I realised I couldn't inject it into an external module. After that I tried doing it 'old school' with resx files as described above.

[hishamco]

Which localisation APIs do you mean?

ASP.NET Core Localization APIs

I started hacking around with the Blazor IStringLocalizer but stopped when I realised I couldn't inject it into an external module

Did you add AddLocalization in your Program.cs?

[sbwalker]

@rossmcphee the static localization enhancement on the roadmap will need to work for all module scenarios - whether they are internal to the Oqtane framework or in external modules.

[sbwalker]

@rossmcphee see #749 - there is a discussion on adding Localization support to the next major version of Oqtane