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How can I pass the Current UICulture & CurrentCulture to another page as a session variable?

In my application, the users can pick a language. I would like to use the selected culture/language as a session variable so that it can be used on the next page. Should I use a session variable? Or is there a better way to do this?
.cs file
protected override void InitializeCulture()
{
string lang = Request["Language1"];
if (lang != null && lang != "")
{
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = new CultureInfo(lang);
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture(lang);
}

}

.aspx file

<asp:DropDownList ID="Language1"
runat="server" AutoPostBack="True"
meta:resourcekey="Language1Resource1"
onselectedindexchanged="Language1_SelectedIndexChanged">
<asp:ListItem Value="en-US" meta:resourcekey="ListItemResource1">Auto</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="en-US" meta:resourcekey="ListItemResource2">English (US)</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="es-mx" meta:resourcekey="ListItemResource3">Spanish (MX)</asp:ListItem>
</asp:DropDownList>

rajapandian_81

Yes. You can use Session.

To store a value in session use below code.
Session["lang"] = lang;

To get that session value in other page, use below code
string strLang = Session["lang"].ToString();

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ASKER

Thanks. Now how do I use it to set the Culture information?

rajapandian_81

Refer below links.

http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/030304-1.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.globalization.cultureinfo.aspx

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How can I pass the Current UICulture &amp; CurrentCulture to another page as a session variable?

How can I pass the Current UICulture & CurrentCulture to another page as a session variable?