Windows allows configuration of Measurement system to Metric or U.S. Is there a way to use this setting to read (abbreviated) unit names in C#?
e.g. when displaying a weight in Metric I want to show kg but in U.S. I want to show lb. Similarly for length, volume, etc.
I've looked at SystemInformation, CultureInfo, Configuration, and Globalization, but didn't see anything obvious. Did I miss something or am I looking in the wrong place?
I believe the best you can do is to determine if your culture is metric or not and then handle it yourself. I don't think there's any built in formatting? I may be wrong though, but I cannot find any reference to it anywhere.
This will allow you to determine if your culture is metric or not: