Get value from language specific resource file without changing the site language - asp.net

Question

I have several resource files, e.g.
default.aspx.resx, default.aspx.nl.resx, default.aspx.en.resx
Now when I'm on the Dutch domain the default.aspx.nl.resx is loaded.
But now I want to access the value from default.aspx.en.resx and get the English value belonging to name "title".
I can now achieve this by changing the current culture server-side, access the value and then change it back, like so:
Dim culture As CultureInfo = New CultureInfo("en")
Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = culture
Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = culture
Dim title as String = GetLocalResourceObject("title")
culture = New CultureInfo("nl")
Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = culture
Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = culture
But is there a better/faster way? Preferably without have to change the culture for the current thread, so I can just define which resource file I want to access and in which language?

Answer 1

You can add in parameter your targe culture
GetLocalResourceObject("title","YourCulture");
link : http://msdn.microsoft.com/fr-fr/library/ms149953.aspx

Answer 2

Edit: (Sorry I didn't know that you wanted another method different from this, but this was the only way that I managed to do:)
I managed to do this by doing:
var userLanguage = "en-US";
System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo(userLanguage);
System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo(userLanguage);
HttpContext.GetGlobalResourceObject("MyAppResource", "KeyThatIWantToGet");
Where MyAppResource is how your .resx file is named and KeyThatIWantToGet explains itself.

Answer 3

When not using the HttpContext (general .NET applications) I use the following helper:
/// <summary>
/// Disposable class that lets us assume a specific culture while executing
/// a certain block of code. You'd typically use it like this:
///
/// using (new CultureContext("de"))
/// {
/// // Will return the German translation of "Please click here"
/// string text = SharedResource.Please_click_here;
/// }
/// </summary>
public class CultureContext : IDisposable
{
private readonly CultureInfo _previousCulture;
private readonly CultureInfo _previousUiCulture;
public CultureContext(CultureInfo culture)
{
// Save off the previous culture (we'll restore this on disposal)
_previousCulture = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture;
_previousUiCulture = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture;
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = culture;
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = culture;
}
public CultureContext(string cultureCode)
: this(new CultureInfo(cultureCode))
{
}
/// <summary>
/// Syntactic sugar so that we can switch to a culture context as follows:
///
/// using (CultureContext.For("de"))
/// {
/// // Will return the German translation of "Please click here"
/// string text = SharedResource.Please_click_here;
/// }
/// </summary>
public static CultureContext For(string cultureCode)
{
return new CultureContext(cultureCode);
}
public void Dispose()
{
// Restore the culture settings that were in place before switching
// to this context
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = _previousCulture;
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = _previousUiCulture;
}
}