How to Localize Enums in C#

[@xVillani]

Guys, remember to set the Access Modifier to internal in the Resources file. I spent more than a hour trying to figure out why i couldn't reference the resource file 😑😑😑 . It worked thankss a lot

[@BrianLagunas]

Great tip! Thanks for sharing

[@shaihulud4515]

I am a pure hobbyist, and I can't tell how often I thought "I just quit, this is way above my head". Your vids could be a bit longer, but you break down things in an entertaining and yet comprehensive way. Thanks for letting me find new joy in my hobby Brian!

[@BrianLagunas]

Thank you for the kind words. You really made my day.

[@Tamer_Ali]

Amazing video I hope you continue this video by telling us how to change the control/form direction when changing the culture. thanks

[@BrianLagunas]

My next video will answer this question. I hope you like it.

[@Tamer_Ali]

@@BrianLagunas cannot wait

[@mahmoudalaskalany]

thanks man i just searched for this topic because i need it in a project and it was very helpful keep up the good work brian

[@BrianLagunas]

Glad I could help!

[@ovimine7628]

Thank you for this helpful video :) Question: If I do _Array StatusList = Enum.GetValues(typeof(Status));_ from _App.xaml.cs_ _OnStartup(...)_ I'm not getting the localized enum descriptions, any idea how to get the enum localized description when called from a C# code?

[@solvedplus858]

awesome , many thanks for your very valuable tutorial

[@BrianLagunas]

Thanks for watching

[@derschnurlich1512]

Even after 15 years of C #, there is not a day where you don't learn something new. Thank you.

[@BrianLagunas]

Me too! I am constantly learning something new everyday.

[@gregersander9698]

Thanks for your short videos. Right to the spot. I would like to know how to implement logging in a .net Core Prism best way. Should you use the ”built” in Microsoft dependency to implement? What’s the best way? Thanks

[@BrianLagunas]

You can use any logger you want with Prism. It's rally a matter of preference. Just make sure you register the logging service with Prism, and you'll be good to go.

[@AeromodeloRCBr]

Interesting .... Thanks for sharing. Very good would be the use and ENUM using SQL database

[@BrianLagunas]

Thanks for watching

[@longuinni]

That is nice!! Thanks for sharing Brian

[@BrianLagunas]

Thanks for watching

[@VinuP2023]

Thank you Brian 😊 Tech question: When do we use dispose and finalize methods?

[@BrianLagunas]

Thanks for watching

[@MikeOShay]

I've been looking for the most efficient ways to do localization, and this is pretty promising! Any ideas if it could be simplified to avoid re-typing the name of each enum in each attribute? If the keys in the resx files correspond to the keys in the enum, it would be a lot more convenient to just get the name of the enum so we only have to type "[LocalizedDescription(typeof(EnumResources)]" for every entry, but maybe that isn't something the attribute is able to access.

[@metaverse100]

Hi Brian, could you show us how to show version of program in dotnet core? In the old dotnet you could set automatic version number in assemblyinfo.cs with [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")] but it is not available in dotnet core?

[@BrianLagunas]

I could probably come up with something on versioning.

[@ievheniiierokhin1677]

Awesome, thank you very much!!!

[@BrianLagunas]

Glad it helped!

[@gajarubanjeyakumar7226]

@Brian Lagunas I wonder if you could do a video on expression trees? Dynamically subscribing to events using lambda expressions. I'm developing a scada application in wpf, i plan to develop some coustom controls like analog gauges. They need to subscribe to events (tag Value changed) They know the event name as a string only, which is a dependency property.

[@BrianLagunas]

That's a pretty advanced topic, and one I haven't touched in awhile. You can see the code that Prism uses to automatically subscribe to events using expression trees here: github.com/PrismLibrary/Prism/blob/master/src/Prism.Core/Commands/PropertyObserver.cs

[@gajarubanjeyakumar7226]

@@BrianLagunas thanks, i will have a look. Maybe you can do it on your stream? :) I wish.....

[@alexinaorsoni6251]

Thank you Brian for this video. Something wired (or not, perhaps you could help me) : I followed your course and it doesn't work in my project. Description (localized or not) doesn't appear in my combobox but I have the name of enum. Besides, I used a binding for the selectedItem : to have the text of my selected item I have to use the type of my enum and not a string. Do you have an idea to use your tips in my case ? Thanks

[@BrianLagunas]

Hard to say without seeing the code.

[@nandkishorsonwale]

Thanks for amazing video.

[@BrianLagunas]

Thank you for watching

[@Tamer_Ali]

Brian, could you add your other social media links to your KZbin channel's ABOUT tab like Twitch if you don't mind? I'd like to watch your awesome videos and streams and learn more from you.

[@BrianLagunas]

Thanks for the tip. I added some more links

[@Tamer_Ali]

@@BrianLagunas great 👍

[@SkaptorOriginal]

Hey Brian! what about the selectedItem/selectedValue binding? can it be done as well?

[@BrianLagunas]

Yes you can localize the SelectedItem of the combo as well. Most likely you'll just need a converter that reads the description attribute to get the localized text.

[@mywildlifestories3793]

Hey Brian, is there any significant difference in usage of ivalueconverter and markupextension. Could you please elaborate more on these with example. When to use which?

[@BrianLagunas]

There's a big difference between the two. Are you asking specifically around the custom markup extension to bind to the enum?

[@mywildlifestories3793]

@@BrianLagunas enums Or any other objects

[@fredyjimenez4853]

Amazing video, thankss

[@BrianLagunas]

Thank you

[@zerologics5105]

Thanks Brian!! Can you please make a video on how to make a multiple selection ComboBox?

[@BrianLagunas]

Hmmm... I'll have to think about the best way to keep something like that simple enough to do a video.

[@omarbousbia6916]

Thanks Brian, nice video. but i would like to ask more questions about binding to enums: how to bind a set of radio buttons/ checkboxes to an enum ???

[@BrianLagunas]

There are a lot of ways to do this. I'll see if i can come up with an easy one that makes sense for a video.

[@omarbousbia6916]

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[@harsheng]

You are great👍

[@BrianLagunas]

Thank you so much

[@knowfaster]

How to communicate between ViewModels that opened in multi instance in MVVM

[@BrianLagunas]

You just want to send messages between different viewmodels?

[@knowfaster]

@@BrianLagunas yes, but to specific instance

[@emilsandgren5290]

Thank you for the video A question regarding using this in library code. Is there any other simpler way to use this converter than to write this: var statusValue = Status.Good; var statusDescription = new EnumDescriptionTypeConverter(typeof(Status)).ConvertTo(statusValue, typeof(string)).ToString();

[@BrianLagunas]

I believe you can just do `new EnumDescriptionTypeConverter(typeof(Status)).ConvertToString(statusValue);`

[@BrianLagunas]

Actually, I would just create an extension method to make it a single line of code public static string GetDescription(this Enum @enum) { return new EnumDescriptionTypeConverter(@enum.GetType()).ConvertToString(@enum); } Then all yo have to do is: var statusDescription = statusValue.GetDescription();

[@MrTellus]

Nice. But your last comment made me lol - That's how EASY it is to localize your enums

[@BrianLagunas]

Well, it's easy now that you know how to do it 😁

[@MrTellus]

@@BrianLagunas Sure 😉 For me the reflection part is the hardest to get right when coding.

[@stasostrin47]

Big thanks! )

[@BrianLagunas]

Thanks for watching

[@yevheniytymchishin8401]

Ok, what if I have my localization service in the IoC container? Probably I am not able to use that in the attribute.

[@BrianLagunas]

Sure you can. You just need to use a pattern like service locator so you can access the service in the attribute.

[@yevheniytymchishin8401]

@@BrianLagunas Yeah, thanks. I guess I never used such approach yet.

[@RebecaBagu-l2z]

in 2024 still works :) Thankss a lot

[@BrianLagunas]

Awesome! Great to hear

[@ShadowAimai]

Huh. I don't think I have ever thought of doing it this way. I usually have this kind of information in SQL, rather than it being hard coded.

[@dksovfen]

Tech question: How can I generically do this: if (obj.GetType() == typeof(string)) { var result = SomeMethodReturningOrNeedsT(); }

[@BrianLagunas]

Oh that's easy, not sure I should do a video, or just show you 😁

[@dksovfen]

Brian Lagunas What ever floats your boat :) and thanks alot in advance

[@BrianLagunas]

@@dksovfen Just use typeof(T) == typeof(string)

[@dksovfen]

Brian Lagunas i mean the type is a variable but i need to parse it like this: method(); but that syntax doesnt work but how can i do this then without If and Else or switch alot of types. Also, im not in control of the method im just using it.

[@BrianLagunas]

I'm sorry, but I don't have the full context of what you are trying to do. Generics only work with known types. That's why every generic method should have a non-generic. Are you trying to check what type a method argument is?

[@Nerin18]

It would be nice if you share this project code. Despite your efforts, I failed to run this example.

[@perahoky]

How to localize WPF keyboard keys (KeyDown, KeyEventArgs, System.Windows.Input.Keys etc) to apply as display value on KeyGesture, KeyBinding for a keyboard shortcut control. Isnt quite easy..

[@BrianLagunas]

I'm not sure I understand the scenario exactly. You want to display a localized value for a key that has been pressed? Just get the localized value from the resource file using the key as the resource "name".

[@jakubsuchybio]

Why reflection, when there is couple of non-reflection solutions. Whyyyyyyy

[@BrianLagunas]

This is just I how solved the problem. Would you mind sharing your couple of non-reflection solutions that allows the use of a long description with localization support and the ability to specify the resource file? One that I have used in the past was a IValueConverter, but I really dislike that approach as it was too limiting for my needs and required more code on the XAML side to function, which means other devs on the teams needed to know the details to make it work. You'd also have to write code in the converter to convert the localized value back into an enum which I really disliked. Over the years, I have found my approach best for the production apps I write. This also works across multiple platforms and is not specific to WPF. Write once, use everywhere.

[@mikoo1991]

plz no more c#. we want videos about web dev as requested earlier!

[@BrianLagunas]

I record videos based on the questions I get. I don't get many questions about web. Asking for web videos is too broad for anything actionable.