I write composite controls (System.Web.UI.WebControls.CompositeControl).

Is it possible to create a composite control that sets the page's Culture and UICulture? I have seen many examples where a page changes its own culture by overriding the page's InitializeCulture(). What I need to do now is deliver a control library DLL so the client can add a new "Culture Selector" control. How would you all do this?
 

 InitializeCulture fires very early in the page lifecycle method, a time when no controls are initialized. AFAIK you cannot override that method in a  custom control/user control. what you can do is to set some variable when your custom control event fires, and capture that during page classes initializeculture method.

hope this helps,

Vivek 

vivek_iit:

InitializeCulture fires very early in the page lifecycle method, a time when no controls are initialized. AFAIK you cannot override that method in a  custom control/user control.

I agree a control cannot override that specific event. I believe that new method was made available to make it easy for culture programming. What I'm really searching for is a way that a custom control can fire up the behavior.

I have this code in my control, which is the same code used in the InitializeCulture method. Why does it no longer effect the thread or page?  

Dim selectedLanguage As String = radSelector.SelectedValue

Page.Culture = selectedLanguage
Page.UICulture = selectedLanguage

System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture(selectedLanguage)
System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = New CultureInfo(selectedLanguage)