Language In-Process API Service

This service is available via Telligent.Evolution.Extensibility.Apis.Get<Telligent.Evolution.Extensibility.Api.Version1.ILanguage>() and is defined in Telligent.Evolution.Platform.dll

Properties

Name	Type	Description
Code	`string`	Identifies the current language code, for example, en.
CodeAndLocale	`string`	Identifies the current language code and locale, for example, en-us.
IsRightToLeft	`bool`	Identifies if the accessing user's language is rendered right to left.
NewLine	`string`	Environment-aware new line character

Methods

string FormatAgoDate(DateTime date);

Formats a date as a readable 'time ago' format

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required	Default	Options
date	`DateTime`	Date	Required

Return Type

string

string FormatAgoDate(DateTime date, bool useUserTime);

Formats a date as a readable 'time ago' format

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required	Default	Options
date	`DateTime`	Date	Required
useUserTime	`bool`	DEPRECATED: this parameter is no longer supported	Required

Return Type

string

string FormatDataSize(int size);

Formats a data size

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required	Default	Options
size	`int`	Size	Required

Return Type

string

string FormatDate(DateTime date);

Formats a date to the default date format

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required	Default	Options
date	`DateTime`	Date	Required

Return Type

string

string FormatDate(DateTime date, string format);

Formats a date to a custom date format

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required	Default	Options
date	`DateTime`	Date	Required
format	`string`	Supports standard and custom datetime formats as defined msdn.microsoft.com/.../az4se3k1.aspx and msdn.microsoft.com/.../8kb3ddd4.aspx	Required

Return Type

string

string FormatDate(DateTime date, LanguageFormatDateOptions options);

Formats a date to a custom date format and or adjusted time zone

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required	Default	Options
date	`DateTime`	Date	Required
options	`LanguageFormatDateOptions`	Options include: Format. Parameter "AdjustTimeZone" is no longer supported	Required

Return Type

string

string FormatDateAndTime(DateTime date, bool adjustTimeZone = True);

Formats a date to the default date and time format

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required	Default	Options
date	`DateTime`	Date	Required
adjustTimeZone	`bool`	When true, converts to accessing user's time zone. DEPRECATED: this parameter is no longer supported	Optional	True

Return Type

string

string FormatNumber(double number);

Formats a number

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required	Default	Options
number	`double`	Number	Required

Return Type

string

string FormatNumber(int number);

Formats a number

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required	Default	Options
number	`int`	Number	Required

Return Type

string

string FormatString(string format, params string[] parameters);

Replaces each format item in a specified string with the text equivalent of a corresponding object's value.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required	Default	Options
format	`string`	Format string including indexed placeholders: {0}, {1}, {2}, etc	Required
parameters	`string[]`	Parameters	Required

Return Type

string

string FormatString(string format, IDictionary parameters);

Replaces named tokens in the format {name} with the corresponding value in the dictionary.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required	Default	Options
format	`string`	Format	Required
parameters	`IDictionary`	Parameters	Required

Return Type

string

string FormatTime(DateTime time);

Formats the time component of a date/time using the site default time format.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required	Default	Options
time	`DateTime`	Time	Required

Return Type

string

string FormatUrl(string url);

Formats a URL

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required	Default	Options
url	`string`	Url	Required

Return Type

string

string GetInitials(string fullName);

Returns initials for a full name

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required	Default	Options
fullName	`string`	Full Name	Required

Return Type

string

string Lowercase(string text);

Converts a string to lower-case

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required	Default	Options
text	`string`	Text	Required

Return Type

string

string RemoveHtml(string html);

Removes HTML from a string

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required	Default	Options
html	`string`	Html	Required

Return Type

string

string Truncate(string text, int desiredLength, string ellipsis);

Truncates text as close to the desiredLength as possible without breaking words. Also removes HTML

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required
text	`string`	Text	Required
desiredLength	`int`	Desired length	Required
ellipsis	`string`	String to show in place of truncated text	Required

Return Type

string

string Truncate(string text, int desiredLength, string ellipsis, bool maintainHtmlFormatting = False);

Truncates text as close to the desiredLength as possible without breaking words. Also removes HTML

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required	Default
text	`string`	Text	Required
desiredLength	`int`	Desired length	Required
ellipsis	`string`	String to show in place of truncated text	Required
maintainHtmlFormatting	`bool`	When true, allows HTML formatting to be included in the truncated html.	Optional	False

Return Type

string

string Truncate(string text, int desiredLength, string ellipsis, List<string> allowedHtmlTags);

Truncates text as close to the desiredLength as possible without breaking words. Also removes HTML

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required
text	`string`	Text	Required
desiredLength	`int`	Desired length	Required
ellipsis	`string`	String to show in place of truncated text	Required
allowedHtmlTags	`List<string>`	Keep these html tags in the results, html tags aren't included in the length count.	Required

Return Type

string

string Uppercase(string text);

Converts a string to upper-case

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required	Default	Options
text	`string`	Text	Required

Return Type

string

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