Globalizing and Localizing .NET Applications for AutoCAD

In the multiple cultures of the business world of today it has become more important for both published applications and in house applications to be easily used by anyone. Over the past year one of my main tasks has been to localize our projects for multiple cultures. Globalization is designing and developing applications for users in multiple cultures and Localization is the process of customizing data and resources for specific cultures for applications. In this class, we talk about and demonstrate building an AutoCAD® plugin that is localized for multiple cultures. We will create resource files adding strings that are displayed in the application, have commands that are culture aware and setup the user interface including dialogs that handle different cultures. Although this class will be targeted for AutoCAD® applications most of what will be covered applies to any .NET development.