RadWizard Localization

The new RadWizard from Telerik for WinForms is a great way of splitting up complex tasks into smaller chunks. If you wish to localize the RadWizard into another language it should be possible to give it a RadLocalizationProvider, just like you can with many of the other RadControls. However, this is not yet in the documentation so as this has just been brought up on the WinForms forums, I thought I would add a quick post to describe localization of the RadWizard.

First, create your own localization provider for RadWizard.

public class CustomRadWizardLocalizationProvider : RadWizardLocalizationProvider

{

    public override string GetLocalizedString(string id)

    {

        switch (id)

        {

            case RadWizardStringId.BackButtonText: return "<   L_Back";

            case RadWizardStringId.NextButtonText: return "L_Next   >";

            case RadWizardStringId.CancelButtonText: return "L_Cancel";

            case RadWizardStringId.FinishButtonText: return "L_Finish";

            case RadWizardStringId.HelpButtonText: return "<html><u>L_Help</u></html>";

            default: return string.Empty;

        }

    }

}

and then simply set the current provider as shown

public Form1()

{

    RadWizardLocalizationProvider.CurrentProvider = new CustomRadWizardLocalizationProvider();

    InitializeComponent();

}

First preview of new Telerik RadWizard for Winforms

As you may know the Telerik Roadmap for Q1 2011 for WinForms includes a long awaited RadWizard control that allows you to break down your complex processes into simple steps, much like installation wizards.

The Telerik Blogs have just released the first visual preview and information about the new RadWizard which can be found in this blog post by the WinForms team.