Changing the current thread culture Info not working

[tamirmalas]

Hi,

iam trying to set a culture info different than the current culture info on the system, the code compiles fine, but nothing happens, and the system culture is the one used for the program.

here is the code :

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CultureInfo ci = new CultureInfo("ar-SA"); // arabic Saudi Arabia
ci.DateTimeForm at.Calendar = new HijriCalendar() ;

Thread.CurrentT hread.CurrentCu lture = ci;
Thread.CurrentT hread.CurrentUI Culture = ci;


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why is it not working? am i missing something?

even if the culture info on the system is "ar-SA" and tried to change the current thread current culture to "en-US", also nothing happens, why????????

thank you

[Plater]

How do you know it did not work? Did you check to see what the property said after?

Did you follow the example given here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.globalization.cultureinfo.currentculture.aspx

I don't think it just "magically" makes everything match that culture, I think you have to code things into a resource file or something. Then depending on the CurrentCulture, it will pull a different value from the resource file(s)

[tamirmalas]

Iam sorry my question was not clear, i meant that when i change the culture info, the calendar is not changing, it is displayed as the regional settings culture.

i found out later that microsoft says that the DateTimePicker control does not depend on .NET classes, it is a windows API, so settings the CurrentUICultur e to arabic will not make the calendar arabic.

thank you.