I believe... for any forms you have already created, you will either have to destroy/recreate it or create a function that duplicates setting up the controls text field (like InitializeComponent) and reloading any data into lists (like comboboxes).
Nope, doesn't sound like fun.
I remember seeing someones post that they were trying to create some code that might automate creating another function that does some of what is done in InitializeComponent, but I do not have the link saved.
[quoted text, click to view] "Stephen Boutros" wrote:
> I'm building an MDI application and I want to allow the users to switch
> displayed languages (for menus, buttons, error messages, etc.) on-the-fly,
> i.e. without having to exit from the application and restart it. In design
> mode, I generate multiple resource files by specifying the text for all
> controls in all the different languages I want, simply by setting
> Localizable to True and changing the Language, one form at a time (I'm sure
> there's a better way, but that's not my question).
>
> At run-time, an specific menu allows the user to pick the display language
> they want: I change the CultureInfo in the current Thread and, voilà !, all
> my labels and buttons and GUI texts are changed immediately for all new
> forms that are opened... but the MDI form from which the user selected the
> menu (and the language) has remained open and I can't find a way to get it
> translated.
>
> How do I force the MDI to refresh/repaint using the new language, i.e. the
> new resource file as defined by the Thread and, I assume, the
> ResourceManager? Or will I have to manually read the resource and change the
> text of all menus of the MDI based on the content of the file?
>
> Thanks for all the help,
> Steph
>
> P.S.: watch the email before replying...
>
>
Actually, you've inspired me for an even simpler solution. Since I'm talking
about the MDI form itself, there are few controls beside menus and a status
bar. I'm just removing all of them (me.menu.menuitems.clear() and
me.controls.clear()) and then calling me.initializeComponent(). That's about
it; I've got to make sure there are no children form open at the time
(because I don't want to have to do it for all of them) and reset the size,
position and windowState. Done.
Thanks!
Steph
