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Custom Locale Builder Tool Beta Now Available!

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[NOTE: 31 July 2007, the tool is available again at its new URL: https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e4588c5e-8f21-45cc-b862-38df8d9bd528&displaylang=en]

The Microsoft Locale Builder Tool Beta 2 is now available for download.  This requires Vista to run.

If you're interested in custom locale data or locales that aren't supported by Microsoft, I'd encourage you to download the tool and take a look at custom locales.  I've previously blogged about custom locales, and its been possible to create your own with Microsoft.Net V2.0, but the Locale Builder tool makes it a lot easier.

Let me know how this tool works for you, and thanks to the Locale Builder team for making it happen!

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  • Anonymous
    April 08, 2007
    Hrllo dear Im Saeed Tabrizi from Iran, Tehran . +3:30 GMT the microsoft Local builder is now unavailable . If you have any package (beta or ... ) please send it to my E-mail with this : sa_tabrizi@hotmail.com I want to put persian calendar(known by JalaliCalendar) in Persian Culture (known by fa-IR)  exactly . Please Help me How to Change It . with regards and thanks . Saeed Tabrizi

  • Anonymous
    April 10, 2007
    I’m sorry, but U.S. law doesn’t allow me or Microsoft to help you due to the U.S. Trade Sanctions.

  • Anonymous
    July 30, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    July 31, 2007
    Its available for download from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e4588c5e-8f21-45cc-b862-38df8d9bd528&displaylang=en Some reason that doesn't work for you?

  • Anonymous
    December 01, 2009
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  • Anonymous
    June 06, 2010
    Microsoft Locale Builder appears not to work under Windows 7 - is there a way to get it to work or some alternative?

  • Chris Thimphu, Bhutan
  • Anonymous
    June 07, 2010
    Right click the installer & pick properties, then the compatibility tab and say to run for previous versions.  Alternatively you can use the .Net 4.0 CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder class to build locales.  Win7 supports "neutral" locales, but Locale Builder does not, so the CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder might be better