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05.29.07
Bind Countries From CultureInfo Class In C#
 By
Mads Kristensen
Some people have asked me how BlogEngine.NET displays a dropdown list of countries when no source XML file is present.
The simple answer is that you don't need any external list to bind to from C#, you can instead use the CultureInfo class.
Consider that you have the following dropdown list declared in an ASP.NET page:
The method first adds all the countries from the CultureInfo class to a dictionary and then sorts it alphabetically. Last, it tries to retrieve the country of the browser so it can auto-select the visitors country. There might be a prettier way to sort a dictionary, but this one works.
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About the Author:
Mads Kristensen currently works as a Senior Developer at Traceworks located
in Copenhagen, Denmark. Mads graduated from Copenhagen Technical Academy with a multimedia degree in
2003, but has been a professional developer since 2000. His main focus is on ASP.NET but is responsible for Winforms, Windows- and
web services in his daily work as well. A true .NET developer with great passion for the simple solution.
http://www.madskristensen.dk/
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