Localization and AppSettings

C969Project/AppSettings.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+
+
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+
+namespace C969Project;
+
+public static class AppSettings
+{
+    public static Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, string>> Settings { get; private set; } = new();
+
+    public static void Initialize()
+    {
+        string contents;
+        using (StreamReader r = new StreamReader("appsettings.json"))
+        {
+            contents = r.ReadToEnd();
+        }
+
+        Settings = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, string>>>(contents);
+    }
+
+    public static string GetSetting(string category, string setting)
+    {
+        return Settings[category][setting];
+    }
+}

C969Project/C969Project.csproj

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="9.0.5" />
     <PackageReference Include="MySql.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="9.0.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -19,4 +20,13 @@
     </Compile>
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Update="appsettings.json">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </None>
+    <None Update="locale\**\*.*">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </None>
+  </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>

C969Project/Localization.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+using System.Globalization;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+
+namespace C969Project;
+
+public static class Localization
+{
+    public static Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, string>> Localizations = new();
+    public static string CurrentLanguage { get; set; } = "en-US";
+    
+    public static void Initialize()
+    {
+        LoadLocalizations();
+        DetermineLocale();
+    }
+
+    public static string GetLocalization(string lang, string id)
+    {
+        return Localizations[lang][id] ?? "Couldn't find localization";
+    }
+    
+    public static string GetLocalization(string id) => GetLocalization(CurrentLanguage, id);
+
+    private static void DetermineLocale()
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            RegionInfo region = RegionInfo.CurrentRegion;
+            string code = region.TwoLetterISORegionName;
+
+            if (code.Equals("IS", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                CurrentLanguage = "is-IS";
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                CurrentLanguage = "en-US";
+            }
+        }
+        catch (Exception e)
+        {
+            Console.WriteLine($@"Localization Error: {e.Message}, defaulting to en-US");
+            CurrentLanguage = "en-US";
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void LoadLocalizations()
+    {
+        if (Directory.Exists($"{AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory}/locale"))
+        {
+            var dir = new DirectoryInfo($"{AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory}/locale");
+            foreach (var file in dir.GetFiles("*.json"))
+            {
+                using (StreamReader r = new StreamReader(file.FullName))
+                {
+                    var json = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Dictionary<string, string>>(r.ReadToEnd());
+                    if (json != null) Localizations.Add(file.Name.Replace(".json", ""), json);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void AddLocalization(string language, Dictionary<string, string> dictionary)
+    {
+        if (!Localizations.ContainsKey(language))
+        {
+            Localizations.Add(language, dictionary);
+        }
+    }
+}

C969Project/LoginForm.Designer.cs

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
             passwordTextBox = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
             loginButton = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
             panel1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Panel();
+            loginLabel = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
             panel1.SuspendLayout();
             SuspendLayout();
             // 
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@
             // 
             // panel1
             // 
+            panel1.Controls.Add(loginLabel);
             panel1.Controls.Add(loginButton);
             panel1.Controls.Add(passwordTextBox);
             panel1.Controls.Add(usernameTextBox);
@@ -70,6 +72,16 @@
             panel1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(776, 426);
             panel1.TabIndex = 0;
             // 
+            // loginLabel
+            // 
+            loginLabel.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Segoe UI", 10F);
+            loginLabel.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(241, 99);
+            loginLabel.Name = "loginLabel";
+            loginLabel.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(228, 40);
+            loginLabel.TabIndex = 4;
+            loginLabel.Text = "Login";
+            loginLabel.TextAlign = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleCenter;
+            // 
             // LoginForm
             // 
             AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(7F, 15F);
@@ -82,6 +94,8 @@
             ResumeLayout(false);
         }
 
+        private System.Windows.Forms.Label loginLabel;
+
         private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox usernameTextBox;
         private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox passwordTextBox;
         private System.Windows.Forms.Button loginButton;

C969Project/LoginForm.cs

@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ namespace C969Project
         public LoginForm()
         {
             InitializeComponent();
+            
+            // Determine user location and set the Localization CureentLanguage based on either US or IS location
+            
+            loginLabel.Text = Localization.GetLocalization("login_text");
+            usernameTextBox.PlaceholderText = Localization.GetLocalization("username_text");
+            passwordTextBox.PlaceholderText = Localization.GetLocalization("password_text");
+            loginButton.Text = Localization.GetLocalization("login_text");
         }
     }
 }

C969Project/Program.cs

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ namespace C969Project
         [STAThread]
         static void Main()
         {
+            AppSettings.Initialize();
+            Localization.Initialize();
+            
             // To customize application configuration such as set high DPI settings or default font,
             // see https://aka.ms/applicationconfiguration.
             ApplicationConfiguration.Initialize();

C969Project/appsettings.json

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "ConnectionStrings": {
+    "DefaultConnection": ""
+  },
+  "AppSettings": {
+    "DefaultLocale": "en-US"
+  }
+}

C969Project/locale/en-US.json

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "login_text": "Login",
+  "password_text": "Password",
+  "username_text": "Username",
+  "login_error_message": "Invalid username or password"
+}

C969Project/locale/is-IS.json

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "login_text": "Skráðu þig inn",
+  "password_text": "Aðgangsorð",
+  "username_text": "Notandanafn",
+  "login_error_message": "Innskráningin eða lykilorðið er ógilt"
+}