Technolog

Just for educational purpose (as for myself as well :) ) I post this code.

Using this, a programmer can use a good practise, that is to use the culture information which is built in, into .NET instead of making that data him/herself.

based upon the following element in web.Config, the list will fill using the correct number of monthnames. It also keeps track of calendars, that have 13 months in some cultures.

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Web;

using System.Linq;

using System.Web.UI;

using System.Web.UI.WebControls;

using System.Threading;

using System.Globalization;

public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page

{

    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

    {

        int monthNumber = 0;

        CultureInfo ci = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture;

        var myMonthnames = ci.DateTimeFormat.MonthNames

            .Take(ci.Calendar.GetMonthsInYear(DateTime.Today.Year)).Select(p => new { monthNo = ++monthNumber, monthName = p });

        ddlMonthnames.DataTextField = "monthName";

        ddlMonthnames.DataValueField = "monthNo";

        ddlMonthnames.DataSource = myMonthnames;

        ddlMonthnames.DataBind();

    }

}

<select name="ddlMonthnames" id="ddlMonthnames">

<option value="1">januari</option>

<option value="2">februari</option>

<option value="3">maart</option>

<option value="4">april</option>

<option value="5">mei</option>

<option value="6">juni</option>

<option value="7">juli</option>

<option value="8">augustus</option>

<option value="9">september</option>

<option value="10">oktober</option>

<option value="11">november</option>

<option value="12">december</option>

</select>