SPWeb.AddSupportedUICulture Method

Adds culture-specific information to the list supported by the website.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SharePoint
Assembly:  Microsoft.SharePoint (in Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)
Available in Sandboxed Solutions: Yes
Available in SharePoint Online

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub AddSupportedUICulture ( _
    cultureInfo As CultureInfo _
)
'Usage
Dim instance As SPWeb
Dim cultureInfo As CultureInfo

instance.AddSupportedUICulture(cultureInfo)

public void AddSupportedUICulture(
    CultureInfo cultureInfo
)

Parameters

• cultureInfo
  Type: System.Globalization.CultureInfo

  The culture-specific information to add.

Remarks

This method adds the information about the culture to the list in the SupportedUICultures property.

Use this method to add a language to the list of alternative languages supported by the website's multilingual user interface (UI). Any language that you add should already be installed on the server farm. A list of installed language packs is returned by the SPRegionalSettings.GlobalInstalledLanguages property.

Examples

The following example is a console application that enumerates the installed languages and adds any that are currently not supported to the list of supported cultures.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Linq;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;

namespace ConsoleApp
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            using (SPSite site = new SPSite("https://localhost"))
            {
                using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb())
                {
                    // Be sure the web template supports MUI. Some templates do not.
                    if (site.GetWebTemplates(web.Language)[web.WebTemplate].SupportsMultilingualUI)
                    {
                        // Enable MUI.
                        web.IsMultilingual = true;

                        // Get the languages that are installed on the farm.
                        SPLanguageCollection installed = SPRegionalSettings.GlobalInstalledLanguages;

                        // Get the languages supported by this website.
                        IEnumerable<CultureInfo> supported = web.SupportedUICultures;

                        // Enable support for any installed language that is not already supported.
                        foreach (SPLanguage language in installed)
                        {
                            CultureInfo culture = new CultureInfo(language.LCID);

                            if (!supported.Contains(culture))
                            {
                                Console.WriteLine("Adding {0}", culture.Name);
                                web.AddSupportedUICulture(culture);
                            }
                        }
                        web.Update();

                    }
                }
            }
            Console.Write("\nPress ENTER to continue....");
            Console.Read();
        }
    }
}

Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Globalization
Imports System.Linq
Imports Microsoft.SharePoint

Module ConsoleApp

    Sub Main()

        Using site As New SPSite("https://localhost")
            Using web As SPWeb = site.OpenWeb()

                ' Be sure the web template supports MUI. Some templates do not.
                If site.GetWebTemplates(web.Language)(web.WebTemplate).SupportsMultilingualUI Then

                    ' Enable MUI.
                    web.IsMultilingual = True

                    ' Get the languages that are installed on the farm.
                    Dim installed As SPLanguageCollection = SPRegionalSettings.GlobalInstalledLanguages

                    ' Get the languages supported by this website.
                    Dim supported As IEnumerable(Of CultureInfo) = web.SupportedUICultures

                    ' Enable support for any installed language that is not already supported.
                    For Each language As SPLanguage In installed
                        Dim culture As New CultureInfo(language.LCID)

                        If Not supported.Contains(culture) Then
                            Console.WriteLine("Adding {0}", culture.Name)
                            web.AddSupportedUICulture(culture)
                        End If
                    Next

                    web.Update()
                End If

            End Using
        End Using
        Console.Write(vbLf & "Press ENTER to continue...")
        Console.ReadLine()
    End Sub
End Module

See Also

Reference

SPWeb Class

SPWeb Members

Microsoft.SharePoint Namespace

IsMultilingual

SupportedUICultures

RemoveSupportedUICulture(CultureInfo)