Localization strings for datetimepicker

[Auvo]

Hi,

What are the localization strings to datetimepicker - navigation popup controls (Close-button, Clock) ?

I'm using RadControls for WPF (WPF40_2011_2_0712)

Regards,
Auvo

[Yana]

Hi Auvo,

Localization of RadDateTimePicker is in our ToDo list, you can vote for it and track its progress here.

For now, you can localize the DateTimeWatermarkContent as explained here.

Regards,
Yana
the Telerik team

[Pavel]

Hi,
Until the team solves the hard problem with the own hardcoded strings I suggest a workaround

public class DateTimePickerEx : RadDateTimePicker
{
    public override void OnApplyTemplate()
    {
        base.OnApplyTemplate();
        var clockPicker = GetTemplateChild("PART_Clock") as DateTimePickerClock;
        if (clockPicker != null)
            clockPicker.Header = RM.GetString("Clock");
        var btnClose = GetTemplateChild("PART_Close") as RadToggleButton;
        if (btnClose != null)
            btnClose.Content = RM.GetString("Close");
    }
}

Best Regards,
Pavel

[Sylvain]

Has the localization for the WPF RadDateTimePicker control been done since this post (2011) ?

I need to set the calendar permanently to French in my application instead of relying on the user's environnement. Do you have a step-by-step example of how to do that in VB ?  Thanks.

[Yana]

Hello Sylvain,

Yes, RadDateTimePicker provides localization ( you could check here for details), additionally since French is one of the languages we have built-in support for, all you need to do is to set CurrentCulture and CurrentUICulture of the CurrentThread like this:

Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = New CultureInfo("fr")
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = New CultureInfo("fr")

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Yana
Telerik