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Override culture/language based on user's profile?

Last post 04-20-2009, 1:47 PM by Anonymous. 3 replies.


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04-17-2009, 12:32 PM 51215

Anonymous

Override culture/language based on user's profile?

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I have CuteChat integrated into my Community Server website. In Community Server, the user's language is specified as part of their profile. I'd like to tell CuteChat to use the user's profile language, and not rely on their browser settings? Is this possible currently? If not, please consider making this aspect more extensible as a future enhancement.

Thanks,
Troy

04-20-2009, 8:43 AM 51265 in reply to 51215

Kenneth
Joined on 02-13-2008
Posts 3,886

Re: Override culture/language based on user's profile?

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Hi wolbrink,

Try this way:

1. Open file 'Channel.aspx'(\CuteSoft_Client\CuteChat\Channel.aspx)

2. Find section

override protected void OnInit(EventArgs args)
{
base.OnInit(args);
}

3. Add the code below into the section above

   CommunityServer.Components.User user = CommunityServer.Users.GetUser();
    uteChat.ChatApi.SetConfig("CustomCulture", user.Profile.Language);
   CuteChat.ChatApi.SetConfig("CultureType", "Client");

like:

override protected void OnInit(EventArgs args)
{

   CommunityServer.Components.User user = CommunityServer.Users.GetUser();
    uteChat.ChatApi.SetConfig("CustomCulture", user.Profile.Language);
   CuteChat.ChatApi.SetConfig("CultureType", "Client");
base.OnInit(args);
}

Regards,

Ken

04-20-2009, 11:04 AM 51267 in reply to 51265

Anonymous

Re: Override culture/language based on user's profile?

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Thanks, Ken!

I'll give this a try. Is this something you've done on your site? If so, has it worked well for you?

override protected void OnInit(EventArgs args)
{

I was actually thinking of doing it this way, but I'm wondering about a few issues:

1. What if two requests for "Channel.aspx" come in at the same time. Won't the last user to set the global "CustomCulture" win? Perhaps this page should be in a critical section (start in OnInit and end in OnUnload)?

2. What about all the "ajax" stuff going on. Will the return values of all these ajax-calls be correctly localized?

Thanks,
Troy

04-20-2009, 1:47 PM 51276 in reply to 51267

Anonymous

Re: Override culture/language based on user's profile?

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I found a solution! I added this to Global.asax.cs:

protected void Application_AuthenticateRequest(Object sender, EventArgs e)

{

User user = CSContext.Current.User;

if (user.Profile.Language == "de")

// fixes a bug where neutral cultures < en-us are ignored

System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("de-DE");

else

System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo(user.Profile.Language);

// set config so that CurrentUICulture is used

CuteChat.ChatApi.SetConfig("CultureType", "Server");

CuteChat.ChatApi.SetConfig("CurrentCulture", "");

}

--Troy