BIWUG 30/11/2011 Multilanguage SharePoint - Deepdive

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MUI Deep dive edition

Presented by Andy Van Steenbergen

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About the speaker

• Andy.vansteenbergen@biwug.be• SharePoint Consultant at Ordina• Twitter: Meligo• Blog: http://meligo.blog.com• Linkedin: Andy Van Steenbergen

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Agenda

Kind of resources and locations

How to develop in MUI

MUI in Sandboxed?

Last but not least – Lessons learned

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Can central admin be MUI enabled?

YES

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MUI in Dev - resource files

• Muidemo.resx

Language invariant

• Muidemo.nl.resx

Language neutral

• Muidemo.nl-NL.resx

Culture specific

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Mui in Dev

Resources Locations

14hive\config and config\adminresources

14hive\resources

Feature resource location

App resources

WPResources (legacy)

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Can MUI exist in Sandbox?

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Dev pitfalls?

• There are a couple of downfalls for the use of MUI– Try finding a list via a resourcename (good luck)– Fields: Do not use displayname! (why?)• Always use ID or internal name via a constant class

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Can you

Create your own custom language pack?Yes, just create an empty solution and only add the resource files in this solution linked with lcid

So 1043 (dutch-NL) , only dutch resource filesBut set the solution ID to the original solution

Link to MSDN

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What if

Only 1 language is requested?

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Take away

• MUI = resource files (+ language packs)• Forget displayname • Not all site templates support MUI: Blog,

meeting workspace

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QUESTIONS?

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Resources

MUIExtThe SharePoint BakerTom Nys – tomBlogMicrosoft technetSharepointbits (Sandbox)

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How many times was the word “MUI” mentioned in this presentation?

Last person who was registered is………………… TOM NYS

14

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Us

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