Get Currency Symbol by LanguageCode

Tutorial on using CultureInfo and RegionInfo

Creating multilingual websites

Code to set the culture and get the currency symbol for that culture.

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;

using System.Threading;
using System.Globalization;

/// 

/// Set the culture and get the currency symbol
/// 
public sealed class MyCulture
{
    public MyCulture()
    {
        //
        // TODO: Add constructor logic here
        //
    }

    public void SetCulture(string CultureCode)
    {
        Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = 
            CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture(CultureCode);

        Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = 
            new CultureInfo(CultureCode);
    }

    public string GetCurrencySymbol(string CultureCode)
    {
        SetCulture(CultureCode);

        CultureInfo UsersCulture = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture;
        RegionInfo myRegion = new RegionInfo(UsersCulture.LCID);

        return myRegion.CurrencySymbol;
    }
}

How to pass the input?

MyCulture obj = new MyCulture();
String symbol = obj.GetCurrencySymbol("ta-IN");

When we are passing the input culture is necessary.
i.e. we have to pass "ta-IN" or "ta" but not "IN".

List of CultureCodes
How to add currency symbol in the gridview?
We can do it both from the server side or from the client side.

//Setting currency symbol from the service side
        protected void grdWithCurrencySign_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow || e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.Header)
            {
                MyCulture obj = new MyCulture();
                string symbol = obj.GetCurrencySymbol("ta-in");

                e.Row.Cells[1].Text = symbol + " " + e.Row.Cells[1].Text;
            }
        }

        public string AddCurrency(string amount)
        {
            MyCulture obj = new MyCulture();
            return amount + " " + obj.GetCurrencySymbol("ta-in");
        }

                
                    
                    
                    
                        
                            <%# AddCurrency(Convert.ToString(Eval("Salary")))%>