Globalization Rules rule set for managed code

Applies to: Visual Studio Visual Studio for Mac

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Use the Microsoft Globalization Rules rule set to focus on problems that might prevent data in your application from appearing correctly in different languages, locales, and cultures. You should include this rule set if your application is localized, globalized, or both.

Rule	Description
CA1303	Do not pass literals as localized parameters
CA1304	Specify CultureInfo
CA1305	Specify IFormatProvider
CA1307	Specify StringComparison for clarity
CA1308	Normalize strings to uppercase
CA1309	Use ordinal StringComparison
CA1310	Specify StringComparison for correctness
CA2101	Specify marshaling for P/Invoke string arguments