Localization on a SPField created in code

Question

When you declare a SPField in CAML, you can add the localization in the code:

<Field
  ID="{57258F13-19B2-4A97-B244-090845B5C4AB}"
  Type="Text"
  Name="Partner"
  DisplayName="$Resources:MyProject,Partner"
  Group="MyProject Columns"
  StaticName="Partner"/>

However, some of the fields have to be created in code (e.g. External Data Columns). For these I also want localization. I found this solution, but I wonder if there's a cleaner way to do this.

Answer 1

You can add fields programmatically using list.Fields.AddFieldAsXml, providing CAML field definition with resource tokens in it.

Or you can wrap SetValueForUICulture in a nice helper method, and gain a capability to use it for any SPUserResource object. We're using this approach at work, and I would not say, that it is unclear or smth like this :) It's ok, just wrap it.

Answer 2

Have a look at SPUtility.GetLocalizedString()