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• Jennifer

  Posted on Oct 13, 2011 (permalink)

  There are combo boxes all over the app that are experiencing the same issue.  This combo box in particular is bound to a Dictionary which is loaded based on the current language the user has selected in their preferences of the application.  Normal text fields etc are display the correct translation from the correct resource file.  Placing a breakpoint in code shows the correct translated values in the MyTypes, however, from the UI the combo box ItemsSource are always displayed in English.
  
  How can I get the correct translated item from the resource file to be display in the combo box?
  
  Visual Studion 2010
  
  

  public Dictionary<string, string> MyTypes

  {

  get { return myTypes; }

  }

  public void InitializeCriteria(SelectionCriteria criteria)

  {

  var culture = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture.ToString();

  base.InitializeStandardSelectionCriteria(criteria, culture);

  // Load the Types

  var mTypes = MyTypes.Select(c => new Tuple<string, string>(c.Key, c.Value));

  Array.ForEach(mTypes.ToArray(), criteria.MyTypes.Add);

  var defaultMyType = criteria.MyTypes.FirstOrDefault();

  if (defaultMyType != null)

  {

  criteria.MyTypes= defaultMyType .Item1;

  }

  }

  
  
  

  protected override void OnInitialize(ESEntities entities)

  {

      base.OnInitialize(entities);

   

      LoadMyTypes(entities);

      LoadSomeOtherData(entities);

  }

  private void LoadMyTypes(ESEntities entities)

  {

   myTypes = new Dictionary<string, string>()

   {

    { "" , Resources.Resources.NoneLabel },

    { "D", Resources.Resources.DMessage },

    { "F", Resources.Resources.FMessage},

    { "H", Resources.Resources.HMessage },

    { "I", Resources.Resources.IMessage },

    { "L", Resources.Resources.LMessage } };

  }

   

  <GroupBox x:Name="LGroup" Header="{x:Static Resources:Resources.OptionsL}">

             <telerik:RadComboBox x:Name="attenuationComboBox"

                   ToolTip="{x:Static Resources:Resources.OptionsDesired}" Height="23"

                   VerticalAlignment="Top"  ItemsSource="{Binding Criteria.MyTypes, Mode=OneWay,

                   NotifyOnSourceUpdated=True, NotifyOnTargetUpdated=True,UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}"

                   SelectedValue="{Binding Criteria.MyType, Mode=TwoWay}"

                   IsEnabled="{Binding SelectionOptions.CEnabled}" DisplayMemberPath="Item2" SelectedValuePath="Item1" />

  </GroupBox>

   

   

   

   

   

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• Valeri Hristov Valeri Hristov

  Posted on Oct 17, 2011 (permalink)

  Hello Jennifer,
  
  Are you able to achieve what you need with a standard WPF ComboBox control? I am afraid that I will not be able to help much without a simple application that can be used to observe the problem. If we have such application we will try to modify it so it works the way you need it.
  
  All the best,
  Valeri Hristov
  the Telerik team

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• Woshi

  Posted on Nov 2, 2011 (permalink)

  So interesting. I'm kinda interested... maybe I'll re-read twilight.
  
  

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