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    Creating and Using a Custom Language Package
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    Spread for WinForms provides a set of eighteen language packages including support for Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish languages.

    In case, your preferred language doesn't come under the list of the available built-in packages, you can create a custom language package as per your requirements.

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    In order to create and use a custom language package in your spreadsheet, you can follow the steps shared below:

    Step 1 - Create the custom language package with function alias.

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    // Creating a custom French language package with functions alias, and mapping BuiltinFunction and
    StructuredItemSpecifier.
    private LanguagePackage CreateCustomFrenchLanguagePackage()
    {
      LanguagePackage languagePackage = new LanguagePackage("CustomFrench", "français");
      languagePackage.CreateFunctionAlias(BuiltinFunction.SUM, "SOMME");
      languagePackage.CreateFunctionAlias(BuiltinFunction.SUBTOTAL, "SOUS.TOTAL");
      languagePackage.MapAlias(StructuredItemSpecifiers.Headers, "En-têtes");
      languagePackage.MapAlias(StructuredItemSpecifiers.Totals, "Totaux");
      return languagePackage;
    }           
    
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    Private Function CreateCustomFrenchLanguagePackage() As LanguagePackage

    ' Creating a custom French language package with functions alias, and mapping BuiltinFunction and StructuredItemSpecifier.   

       LanguagePackage languagePackage = new LanguagePackage("CustomFrench", "français")
       languagePackage.CreateFunctionAlias(BuiltinFunction.SUM, "SOMME")
       languagePackage.CreateFunctionAlias(BuiltinFunction.SUBTOTAL, "SOUS.TOTAL")
       languagePackage.MapAlias(StructuredItemSpecifiers.Headers, "En-têtes")
       languagePackage.MapAlias(StructuredItemSpecifiers.Totals, "Totaux")
       return languagePackage

    End Function 

    Step 2 - Assign the custom language using LanguagePackage property.

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    // Assigning custom language using LanguagePackage property.
    fpSpread1.AsWorkbook().WorkbookSet.LanguagePackage = CreateCustomFrenchLanguagePackage();

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    'Assigning custom language using LanguagePackage property.
    fpSpread1.AsWorkbook().WorkbookSet.LanguagePackage = CreateCustomFrenchLanguagePackage()

    Step 3 - Use the custom language package, set the formulas in the spreadsheet and calculate cell values.

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    //Setting cell texts and formulas.
    fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[1, 1].Text = "Last Name";
    fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[1, 2].Text = "Value";
    fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[2, 1].Text = "Smith";
    fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[2, 2].Value = 50;
    fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[3, 1].Text = "Vil";
    fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[3, 2].Value = 10;
    fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[4, 1].Text = "Press";
    fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[4, 2].Value = 78;

    // Adding a table.
    TableView t = fpSpread1.Sheets[0].AddTable("table", 1, 1, 5, 2);
    t.TotalRowVisible = true;
    fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Cells[0, 1].Formula = "\"Total of \"&table[[#En-têtes],[Value]]"; //Use localized keyword
    fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Cells[0, 1].ColumnSpan = 2;
    fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Cells[0, 3].Formula = "table[[#Totals],[Value]]"; //Use English keyword
    fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Cells[7, 1].ColumnSpan = 2;
    fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetFormula(0, 0, "SUM(2,120)");
    fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetActiveCell(0, 3);
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    'Setting cell texts and formulas.
    fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[1, 1].Text = "Last Name"
    fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[1, 2].Text = "Value"
    fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[2, 1].Text = "Smith"
    fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[2, 2].Value = 50
    fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[3, 1].Text = "Vil"
    fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[3, 2].Value = 10
    fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[4, 1].Text = "Press"
    fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[4, 2].Value = 78
    'Adding a table.
    TableView t = fpSpread1.Sheets[0].AddTable("table", 1, 1, 5, 2)
    t.TotalRowVisible = true
    fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Cells[0, 1].Formula = "\"Total of \"&table[[#En-têtes],[Value]]" 'Use localized keyword
    fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Cells[0, 1].ColumnSpan = 2
    fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Cells[0, 3].Formula = "table[[#Totals],[Value]]"; 'Use English keyword
    fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Cells[7, 1].ColumnSpan = 2
    fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetFormula(0, 0, "SUM(2,120)")
    fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetActiveCell(0, 3)
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