In this article we will explore various outputs of RegionInfo and CultureInfo. RegionInfo represents the current country/region used by the thread. CultureInfo provides information about specific culture in Windows Phone 7.

Properties of System.Globalization.RegionInfo.CurrentRegion and the output of the propery if Country/Region is set as United States.

System.Globalization.RegionInfo.CurrentRegion.CurrencySymbol provides currency symbol associated with that country/region. Output: $

System.Globalization.RegionInfo.CurrentRegion.DisplayName provides the full name of country/region in the localized language of .NET framework. Output: United States

System.Globalization.RegionInfo.CurrentRegion.EnglishName provides the full name of country/region in english. Output: United States

System.Globalization.RegionInfo.CurrentRegion.IsMetric returns the boolean value based on the country/region uses metric system of measurement. Output: False 

System.Globalization.RegionInfo.CurrentRegion.ISOCurrencySymbol provides three characte ISO 4217 currency symbol of the country/region. Output: USD

System.Globalization.RegionInfo.CurrentRegion.Name provides the name or ISO 3166 two letter country/region code. Output: US

System.Globalization.RegionInfo.CurrentRegion.NativeName provides the name of a country/region formatted in native language. Output: United States

System.Globalization.RegionInfo.CurrentRegion.TwoLetterISORegionName provides two letter code defined in ISO 3166 for that county/region. Output: US

Properties of System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture and the output of the propery if Country/Region is set as United States.

System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.LongDatePattern gets or sets the custom format string of long date value. Output: dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy

System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern gets or sets the custom format string of short date value. Output: M/d/yyyy

System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.DisplayName provides culture name in the format "language country/region" in the localized version of .NET framework. Output: English (United States)

System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.EnglishName provides culture name in the format "language country/region" in english. Output: English (United States)

System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.Name provides the culture name in the format of "languagecode-country/regioncode" Output: en-US

System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.NativeName provides language, country/region and optional script that culture is set to display. Output: English (United States)

System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.TwoLetterISOLanguageName provides ISO 639-1 two letter code for the language. Output: en

Let's write small snippet of code to demonstrate RegionInfo.CurrentRegion and CultureInfo.CurrentCulture in Windows Phone 7

Step 1: Create a Windows Phone 7 project and add below textblocks inside contentpanel grid of MainPage.Xaml

<Grid x:Name="ContentPanel" Grid.Row="1" Margin="12,0,12,0">
   <TextBlock Height="30" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,20,0,0" Name="currencySymbol" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontSize="18" />
   <TextBlock Height="30" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,60,0,0" Name="displayName" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontSize="18" />
   <TextBlock Height="30" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,100,0,0" Name="englishName" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontSize="18" />
   <TextBlock Height="30" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,140,0,0" Name="isMetric" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontSize="18" />
   <TextBlock Height="30" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,180,0,0" Name="isoCurrency" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontSize="18" />
   <TextBlock Height="30" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,220,0,0" Name="name" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontSize="18" />
   <TextBlock Height="30" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,260,0,0" Name="nativeName" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontSize="18" />
   <TextBlock Height="30" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,300,0,0" Name="twoLetterISORegionName" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontSize="18" />
   <TextBlock Height="30" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,340,0,0" Name="displayTimeFormatLP" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontSize="18" />
   <TextBlock Height="30" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,380,0,0" Name="displayName1" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontSize="18" />
   <TextBlock Height="30" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,420,0,0" Name="englishName1" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontSize="18" />
   <TextBlock Height="30" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,460,0,0" Name="name1" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontSize="18" />
   <TextBlock Height="30" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,500,0,0" Name="nativeName1" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontSize="18" />
   <TextBlock Height="30" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,540,0,0" Name="numberFormat" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontSize="18" />
   <TextBlock Height="30" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,580,0,0" Name="displayTimeFormatSP" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontSize="18" />
</Grid>

Step 2: Now we will access propties of RegionInfo.CurrentRegion and CultureInfo.CurrentCulture and assign it to TextBlock.

public MainPage()
{
   InitializeComponent();
   currencySymbol.Text = "Regional Info of CurrencySymbol: " + System.Globalization.RegionInfo.CurrentRegion.CurrencySymbol;
   displayName.Text = "Regional Info of DisplayName: " + System.Globalization.RegionInfo.CurrentRegion.DisplayName;
   englishName.Text = "Regional Info of EnglishName: " + System.Globalization.RegionInfo.CurrentRegion.EnglishName;
   isMetric.Text = "Regional Info of IsMetric: " + System.Globalization.RegionInfo.CurrentRegion.IsMetric.ToString();
   isoCurrency.Text = "Regional Info of ISOCurrencySymbol: " + System.Globalization.RegionInfo.CurrentRegion.ISOCurrencySymbol;
   name.Text = "Regional Info of CurrentRegion: " + System.Globalization.RegionInfo.CurrentRegion.Name;
   nativeName.Text = "Regional Info of NativeName: " + System.Globalization.RegionInfo.CurrentRegion.NativeName;
   twoLetterISORegionName.Text = "Regional Info of TwoLetterISORegionName: " + System.Globalization.RegionInfo.CurrentRegion.TwoLetterISORegionName;

   displayTimeFormatLP.Text = "Culture Info of LongDatePattern: " + System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.LongDatePattern.ToString();
   displayTimeFormatSP.Text = "Culture Info of ShortDatePattern: " + System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern.ToString();
   displayName1.Text = "Culture Info of DisplayName: " + System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.DisplayName;
   englishName1.Text = "Culture Info of EnglishName: " + System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.EnglishName;
   name1.Text = "Culture Info of Name: " + System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.Name;
   nativeName1.Text = "Culture Info of NativeName: " + System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.NativeName;
   numberFormat.Text = "Culture Info of TwoLetterISOLanguageName: " + System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.TwoLetterISOLanguageName;
}

Now run the application, the output will be like show below.

This ends the article of culture information in Windows Phone 7.