static void Main(string[] args)
{
string cultureName = "la-IT";
// A base culture that we can adapt for our own culture.
CultureInfo ci = new CultureInfo("it-IT");
// Grab the region info too.
RegionInfo ri = new RegionInfo(ci.Name);
// Create the custom culture.
CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder builder = new CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder("la-IT", CultureAndRegionModifiers.None);
builder.LoadDataFromCultureInfo(ci);
builder.LoadDataFromRegionInfo(ri);
// Customization. You can use any way you prefer to load the data, XML, json, INI, database... Or better, in LDML format that we'll save later.
builder.CultureEnglishName = "Latin";
builder.CultureNativeName = "Latina";
builder.CurrencyEnglishName = "Lira";
builder.CurrencyNativeName = "Lira";
builder.RegionEnglishName = "Italy";
builder.RegionNativeName = "Italia";
builder.ThreeLetterISOLanguageName = "lat";
builder.ThreeLetterISORegionName = "ita";
builder.ThreeLetterWindowsLanguageName = "LAT";
builder.ThreeLetterWindowsRegionName = "ITA";
builder.TwoLetterISOLanguageName = "la";
builder.TwoLetterISORegionName = "it";
// Save the custom info in LDML (XML) format to share.
string outputDir = DateTime.Now.Ticks.ToString();
Directory.CreateDirectory(outputDir);
string ldmlFileName = cultureName + ".LDML";
builder.Save(Path.Combine(outputDir, ldmlFileName));
// Save nlp file and registry tokens. Requires administrator priviledge.
try
{
// Register in current system to make it work.
builder.Register();
// Example to use the new culture through the name because all custom cultures share LCID 4096 (0x1000).
ci = new CultureInfo(cultureName);
string nlpFileName = cultureName + ".nlp";
string nlpFilePath = Path.Combine(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("WinDir"), "Globalization", nlpFileName);
if (File.Exists(nlpFilePath))
{
File.Copy(nlpFilePath, Path.Combine(outputDir, nlpFileName));
}
else
{
throw new FileNotFoundException("nlp file doesn't exist, custom culture register failed", nlpFilePath);
}
// TODO: export reg doesn't work as expected yet.
string registryToken = @"HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\CustomLocale";
string registryFileName = cultureName + ".reg";
string[] arguments = { "export", registryToken, Path.Combine(outputDir, registryFileName) };
ProcessStartInfo process = new ProcessStartInfo("REG.exe", string.Join(" ", arguments));
Process.Start(process);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
while (!Exception.Equals(e.InnerException, null))
{
e = e.InnerException;
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
}
finally
{
// In fact, copy nlp file and import the registry tokens will enable the custom culture without the needs to run any program in administrator priviledge.
// Once the necessary files are stored, feel free to revert the change to system.
CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder.Unregister(cultureName);
}
}
