RegionInfo.DisplayName Property
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Gets the full name of the country/region in the language of the localized version of the .NET Framework for Silverlight.
Namespace: System.Globalization
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Overridable ReadOnly Property DisplayName As String
public virtual string DisplayName { get; }
Property Value
Type: System.String
The full name of the country/region in the language of the localized version of the .NET Framework for Silverlight.
Remarks
The DisplayName property displays the country/region name in the language of the localized version of the .NET Framework for Silverlight. For example, the DisplayName property displays the country/region in English on the English version of the .NET Framework, and in Spanish on the Spanish version of the .NET Framework.
The value of the DisplayName property is taken from the resource files in the language of the current user interface culture, represented by CurrentUICulture. Custom regions or those synthesized from the operating system might not have resource information, in which case the value for DisplayName is the same as the value of the NativeName property.
Examples
The following code example displays the properties of the RegionInfo class.
Imports System.Globalization
Public Class Example
Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)
' Displays the property values of the RegionInfo for "US".
Dim myRI1 As New RegionInfo("en-US")
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" Name: {0}", myRI1.Name) & vbCrLf
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" DisplayName: {0}", myRI1.DisplayName) & vbCrLf
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" EnglishName: {0}", myRI1.EnglishName) & vbCrLf
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" IsMetric: {0}", myRI1.IsMetric) & vbCrLf
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" TwoLetterISORegionName: {0}", myRI1.TwoLetterISORegionName) & vbCrLf
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" CurrencySymbol: {0}", myRI1.CurrencySymbol) & vbCrLf
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" ISOCurrencySymbol: {0}", myRI1.ISOCurrencySymbol) & vbCrLf
End Sub
End Class
' This example produces the following output.
' Name: US
' DisplayName: United States
' EnglishName: United States
' IsMetric: False
' TwoLetterISORegionName: US
' CurrencySymbol: $
' ISOCurrencySymbol: USD
using System;
using System.Globalization;
public class Example
{
public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
{
// Displays the property values of the RegionInfo for "US".
RegionInfo myRI1 = new RegionInfo("en-US");
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" Name: {0}\n", myRI1.Name);
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" DisplayName: {0}\n", myRI1.DisplayName);
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" EnglishName: {0}\n", myRI1.EnglishName);
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" IsMetric: {0}\n", myRI1.IsMetric);
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" TwoLetterISORegionName: {0}\n", myRI1.TwoLetterISORegionName);
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" CurrencySymbol: {0}\n", myRI1.CurrencySymbol);
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" ISOCurrencySymbol: {0}\n", myRI1.ISOCurrencySymbol);
}
}
/*
This code produces the following output.
Name: US
DisplayName: United States
EnglishName: United States
IsMetric: False
TwoLetterISORegionName: US
CurrencySymbol: $
ISOCurrencySymbol: USD
*/
Version Information
Silverlight
Supported in: 5, 4, 3
Silverlight for Windows Phone
Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0
Platforms
For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.
See Also