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CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder doesn't exist

Okay, this is a strange one.

I'm trying to create a custom culture using:

using System.Globalization;

...

var x = new CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder();

But I get the nasty red Resharper error with no options.

The type or namespace name 'CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder' does not exist in the namespace 'System.Globalization'

What's going on, am I missing something? Can't find any help on google...

Solution

  • You need to add a reference to sysglobl.dll. This is already installed in the GAC as sysglobl.

    For future reference, if you check the MSDN page for CultureAndRegionInfo you can see that it says

    Namespace: System.Globalization

    Assembly: sysglobl (in sysglobl.dll)

    The issue is that namespaces can be spread across different assemblies (for example, System.Globalization.CultureInfo lives in mscorlib.)