SharePoint 2010 : Use Resouce(resx) file in a Multilingual site.

Goal

Our site is created using variations in both English and Spanish. Create a Visual Web Part which can use the resource file(.resx) to show different texts for different language.

Steps to achieve goal

• Create a SharePoint project with name "Sample".
• Add a web part with name "SampleWebPart".
• Add a "Mapped Folder" to "Resources". 2 files needs to be added.
  1. SampleWebPart.en-US.resx - English version resource file. Add some text to the resource.
     
  2. SampleWebPart.es-ES.resx - Spanish version resource file. Add some text to the resource.
     
• At this point the project "Solution Explorer" will look like
  
• For applying the resource, Open the Feature1 properties. And make the 2 changes shown in the below given image.
  
• Use the HTML and C# Code below.
• Once the above given steps are done, deploy the web part and They will display as below given image.
  
  

HTML - SampleWebPartUserControl.ascx

<h1><asp:Literal ID="ltrlTitle" runat="server" /></h1>
<hr />
<h3>
    <asp:Literal ID="ltrlDescription" runat="server" />
</h3>

C# - SampleWebPartUserControl.ascx.cs

#region System
using System;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
#endregion

namespace Sample.SampleWebPart
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Simple example to use Resouce file with English/Spanish language.
    /// </summary>
    public partial class SampleWebPartUserControl : UserControl
    {
        #region Events

        /// <summary>
        /// Page Load
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sender"></param>
        /// <param name="e"></param>
        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            ltrlTitle.Text = LoadResource( ResourceName.Title );
            ltrlDescription.Text = LoadResource(ResourceName.Description);
        }

        #endregion

        #region Resource Reader

        /// <summary>
        /// Name for the Version to be considered.
        /// NOTE :- Use exactly same "Name" as used in Resource(resx) file.
        /// </summary>
        public enum ResourceName
        { 
            Title,
            Description
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the text on the basis of "Name" in Resource(resx).
        /// </summary>
        private string LoadResource(ResourceName _resName)
        {
            return Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPUtility.GetLocalizedString("$Resources:" + _resName.ToString(),
                "SampleWebPart"
            , (uint)System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture.LCID); 
        }

        #endregion
    }
}

Happy Coding