Globalization in C# by Matthew Reynolds

Description

As an application designer, it's important to ensure that your applications are as usable as possible, even for users in other parts of the world. Win32 developers have long had access to functions that allow them to properly represent dates, currency values, and so on. Whenever you need to show your users dates, times, monetary values, or numbers, it's important that you use the globalization features in .NET. These features use the globalization settings in Windows to properly format these values into strings for display. In this article, Matthew Reynolds looks at the basics of properly formatting dates, times, and numbers for display. In the second part of the discussion, he demonstrates how you can build a Windows Form that can alter the text on the controls depending on the user's settings.