CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder.Save(String) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Globalization

Assembly:

sysglobl.dll

Writes an XML representation of the current CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder object to the specified file.

public:
 void Save(System::String ^ filename);

public void Save (string filename);

member this.Save : string -> unit

Public Sub Save (filename As String)

Parameters

filename

String

The name of a file to contain the XML representation of this custom culture.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

filename is null.

ArgumentException

filename is an empty string ("").

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

The value of a property of a DateTimeFormatInfo, TextInfo, or NumberFormatInfo object contained in the current CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder object is invalid.

Examples

The following example demonstrates the Save and CreateFromLdml methods.

// This example demonstrates the CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder.Save and
// CreateFromLdml methods.
// Compile this example with a reference to sysglobl.dll.

using System;
using System.Globalization;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;

class Sample
{
    public static void Main()
    {
    string savedCARIB = "mySavedCARIB.xml";
    string msg1 = "The name of the original CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder" +
                  " is \"{0}\".";
    string msg2 = "Reconstituting the CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder object " +
                  "from \"{0}\".";
    string msg3 = "The name of the reconstituted CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder" +
                  " is \"{0}\".";

// Construct a new, privately used culture that extends the en-US culture
// provided by the .NET Framework. In this sample, the CultureAndRegion-
// Types.Specific parameter creates a minimal CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder
// object that you must populate with culture and region information.

    CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder cib1 = null;
    CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder cib2 = null;
    try {
        cib1 = new CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder(
                           "x-en-US-sample", CultureAndRegionModifiers.None);
        }
    catch (ArgumentException ae)
        {
        Console.WriteLine(ae);
        return;
        }

// Populate the new CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder object with culture information.
    CultureInfo ci = new CultureInfo("en-US");
    cib1.LoadDataFromCultureInfo(ci);

// Populate the new CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder object with region information.
    RegionInfo  ri = new RegionInfo("US");
    cib1.LoadDataFromRegionInfo(ri);

// Display a property of the new custom culture.
    Console.Clear();
    Console.WriteLine(msg1, cib1.CultureName);

// Save the new CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder object in the specified file in
// LDML format. The file is saved in the same directory as the application
// that calls the Save method.

    Console.WriteLine("Saving the custom culture to a file...");
    try {
        cib1.Save( savedCARIB );
        }
    catch (IOException exc)
        {
        Console.WriteLine("** I/O exception: {0}", exc.Message);
        return;
        }

// Create a new CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder object from the persisted file.
    Console.WriteLine(msg2, savedCARIB);
    try {
        cib2 = CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder.CreateFromLdml( savedCARIB );
        }
    catch (XmlException xe)
        {
        Console.WriteLine("** XML validation exception: {0}", xe.Message);
        return;
        }

// Display a property of the resonstituted custom culture.
    Console.WriteLine(msg3, cib2.CultureName);

// At this point you could call the Register method and make the reconstituted
// custom culture available to other applications. The mySavedCARIB.xml file
// remains on your computer.
    }
}

/*
This code example produces the following results:

The name of the original CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder is "x-en-US-sample".
Saving the custom culture to a file...
Reconstituting the CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder object from "mySavedCARIB.xml".
The name of the reconstituted CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder is "x-en-US-sample".

*/

' This example demonstrates the CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder.Save and 
' CreateFromLdml methods.
' Compile this example with a reference to sysglobl.dll.

Imports System.Globalization
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml

Class Sample
    Public Shared Sub Main() 
        Dim savedCARIB As String = "mySavedCARIB.xml"
        Dim msg1 As String = "The name of the original CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder" & _
                             " is ""{0}""."
        Dim msg2 As String = "Reconstituting the CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder object " & _
                             "from ""{0}""."
        Dim msg3 As String = "The name of the reconstituted CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder" & _
                             " is ""{0}""."

        ' Construct a new, privately used culture that extends the en-US culture 
        ' provided by the .NET Framework. In this sample, the CultureAndRegion-
        ' Types.Specific parameter creates a minimal CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder 
        ' object that you must populate with culture and region information.

        Dim cib1 As CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder = Nothing
        Dim cib2 As CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder = Nothing
        
        Try
            cib1 = New CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder("x-en-US-sample", _
                                        CultureAndRegionModifiers.None)
        Catch ae As ArgumentException
            Console.WriteLine(ae)
            Return
        End Try
        
        ' Populate the new CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder object with culture information.
        Dim ci As New CultureInfo("en-US")
        cib1.LoadDataFromCultureInfo(ci)
        
        ' Populate the new CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder object with region information.
        Dim ri As New RegionInfo("US")
        cib1.LoadDataFromRegionInfo(ri)
        
        ' Display a property of the new custom culture.
        Console.Clear()
        Console.WriteLine(msg1, cib1.CultureName)
        
        ' Save the new CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder object in the specified file in
        ' LDML format. The file is saved in the same directory as the application 
        ' that calls the Save method.

        Console.WriteLine("Saving the custom culture to a file...")
        Try
            cib1.Save(savedCARIB)
        Catch exc As IOException
            Console.WriteLine("** I/O exception: {0}", exc.Message)
            Return
        End Try
        
        ' Create a new CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder object from the persisted file.
        Console.WriteLine(msg2, savedCARIB)
        Try
            cib2 = CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder.CreateFromLdml(savedCARIB)
        Catch xe As XmlException
            Console.WriteLine("** XML validation exception: {0}", xe.Message)
            Return
        End Try
        
        ' Display a property of the resonstituted custom culture.
        Console.WriteLine(msg3, cib2.CultureName)

        ' At this point you could call the Register method and make the reconstituted
        ' custom culture available to other applications. The mySavedCARIB.xml file
        ' remains on your computer.

    End Sub
End Class

'This code example produces the following results:
'
'The name of the original CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder is "x-en-US-sample".
'Saving the custom culture to a file...
'Reconstituting the CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder object from "mySavedCARIB.xml".
'The name of the reconstituted CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder is "x-en-US-sample".
'

Remarks

The Save method writes the current CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder object to the file specified by the filename parameter in an XML format called Locale Data Markup Language (LDML) version 1.1. The CreateFromLdml method performs the reverse operation of the Save method.

For information about the format of an LDML file, see the CreateFromLdml method. For information about the LDML standard, see Unicode Technical Standard #35, "Locale Data Markup Language (LDML)" on the Unicode Consortium website.

See also

• CreateFromLdml(String)