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1. Changing locale at runtime in Swing    stackoverflow.com

I would like to be able to change the locale in my Swing application at runtime and have all the text elements on the screen update themselves with localized text from ...

2. JSpinner editor locale    stackoverflow.com

I'm creating a JSpinner and setting a NumberEditor with a custom format. But no matter what I do the format uses "." instead of ",", not according to my locale (pt_BR).

priceSpinner = ...

3. What are the best practices for internationalizing a Java Swing desktop application?    stackoverflow.com

I'm sure there are a lot of methods, but what's the recommended way to do this that has the least amount of impact to your code? The obvious is that you ...

4. How can I add localization to JFileChooser for a locale that is not supported by default?    stackoverflow.com

The list of supported locales for "User Interface Translation" does not have all the languages I need to support. How can I add more languages for a JFileChooser? ...

5. non standard locale with java.util.Calendar    stackoverflow.com

we have a customer in sweden, using the software in english. So we set the Locale(en, SV). We did hope the Calendar class would adhere to the country settings, but it ...

6. setting components' locale is unsuccessful    stackoverflow.com

I need my application to set programmatically a locale of all the sensitive components, like JTextFields and JTextAreas. Also I have date information (month written as a word) which is locale-sensitive ...

7. Problem with NL (dutch) locale in swing    stackoverflow.com

I have a java application with multi language support. When I change the language (in a preferences dialog), the language of the entire application changes, including the language of swing components ...

8. Chinese Locale    coderanch.com

Hi all, When I run the sample Swing application Notepad.jar,which is existing under %JDK_HOME%\DEMO\JFC\Notepad. I've tried with several differnt language/region options: 1)java -Duser.language=fr -Duser.region=FR -jar Notepad.jar 2)java -Duser.language=en -Duser.region=US -jar Notepad.jar 3)java -Duser.language=zh -Duser.region=CN -jar Notepad.jar The English and Franch texts just displayed correctly in the first two tests.But in Chinese locale,the Chinese texts displayed with square block(unreadable). Questions: 1)Does it ...

9. Supporting multilple locale in single app is possible? (URGENT!!!!)    coderanch.com

Ok, I already posted the similar message 2 times (with complete code example) but didn't get any response. Can a single java app support multiple locales (say chiense and japanese) at the same time? It seems not. Because when I set the locale to japanese, my app doesn't show some chinese characters properly and when I set the locale to chinese, ...





10. How to stop Values being cleared JTextField in non-english locales    coderanch.com

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have a textfield on which a float-based document model is applied such that insertString() is overloaded to check for Character.isDigit(). Character.OTHER_PUNCTUATION and Character.DASH_PUNCTUATION. The above works fine except that I also have used DecimalFormat so that i can accept 8 decimal places. This logic fails when using a non-english locale such as German where a value like 12.34 is ...

11. Tamil locale help    coderanch.com

12. How to retrieve the System Locale on WinXP or Win2003    coderanch.com

Iam using English locale for standards and formats on Reginal options tab tab and system locale as polish on "Language for non-unicode programs on Advanced tab of Win 2003 machine. I have to retrieve a value using JVM , according to the system locale which is on advanced tab of win2003 or win XP. For that Iam using java function "getNumberInstance" ...

13. Locale Specific Icons    coderanch.com

14. How to stop Values being cleared JTextField in non-english locales    coderanch.com

I have a textfield on which a float-based document model is applied such that insertString() is overloaded to check for Character.isDigit(). Character.OTHER_PUNCTUATION and Character.DASH_PUNCTUATION. The above works fine except that I also have used DecimalFormat so that i can accept 8 decimal places. This logic fails when using a non-english locale such as German where a value like 12.34 is displayed ...

15. how to set Context Input Method to specific locale (without country code)    coderanch.com

Hi, i'm using selectInputMethod(new Locale("ar", "AE")) to set the locale for my application. this works fine but the problem is that i should specify the country code as well e.g. "AE", without this it will not work e.g. new Locale("ar") Arabic language is the same for all countries so the country is not a matter here. i don't know which country ...

16. how to change whole project in another language base on locale?    java-forums.org

Hi, my whole application in the Java Swing and base on normal English language. Now, My client want that whole application into a French or any other Europe Language. So, i want to convert that application into specified language. For that i want guide so how can you do this stuff. please give me idea regarding this post. Thanks, krunal





17. Problem reading Locale information on MAC Internationalization issue    java-forums.org

I read the current Locale settings on the computer and set the language (properties) file to converting my application to be used on different Locales. This is being done by reading the current regional settings on Windows. On MAC OS, when the jar file is run, it always detects the Locale as en_US and therefore shows the USD as currency and ...

18. GUI, printing available Locales    java-forums.org

Ok so Im trying to print out the available Locales on a machine in a text area The lie of code output.setText(availableLocales); is giving the trouble. Eclipse is giving out about it but Im not to sure on the problem why. Can anyone shed some light please Java Code: import java.awt.Container; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import java.util.Calendar; import java.util.Locale; import javax.swing.JButton; ...