How to use the GetUserDefaultLCID Windows API function to determine operating system regional setting language ID from VFP (193080)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 3.0
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 3.0b
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 5.0
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 5.0a
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 6.0
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro 8.0
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0 Professional Edition
This article was previously published under Q193080

SUMMARY

The user-defined language identifier of the operating system can be set by using the Regional Settings option in Control Panel. Some applications may need to determine which language ID the operating system is currently using. This article describes how to use the GetUserDefaultLCID API from Visual FoxPro (VFP) to determine this information.

MORE INFORMATION

Note The following code is case sensitive.

This code displays the current language ID of the operating system: 
   *!*      List All Supported Languages and Their ID's

   *!*      Arabic (Saudi Arabia)                1025
   *!*      Arabic (Iraq)                        2049
   *!*      Arabic (Egypt)                       3073
   *!*      Arabic (Libya)                       4097
   *!*      Arabic (Algeria)                     5121
   *!*      Arabic (Morocco)                     6145
   *!*      Arabic (Tunisia)                     7169
   *!*      Arabic (Oman)                        8193
   *!*      Arabic (Yemen)                       9217
   *!*      Arabic (Syria)                      10241
   *!*      Arabic (Jordan)                     11265
   *!*      Arabic (Lebanon)                    12289
   *!*      Arabic (Kuwait)                     13313
   *!*      Arabic (U.A.E.)                     14337
   *!*      Arabic (Bahrain)                    15361
   *!*      Arabic (Qatar)                      16385
   *!*      Bulgarian                            1026
   *!*      Catalan                              1027
   *!*      Chinese (Taiwan)                     1028
   *!*      Chinese (PRC)                        2052
   *!*      Chinese (Hong Kong SAR               3076
   *!*      Chinese (Singapore)                  4100
   *!*      Czech                                1029
   *!*      Danish                               1030
   *!*      German (Standard)                    1031
   *!*      German (Swiss)                       2055
   *!*      German (Austrian)                    3079
   *!*      German (Luxembourg)                  4103
   *!*      German (Liechtenstein)               5127
   *!*      Greek                                1032
   *!*      English (United States)              1033
   *!*      English (United Kingdom)             2057
   *!*      English (Australian)                 3081
   *!*      English (Canadian)                   4105
   *!*      English (New Zealand)                5129
   *!*      English (Ireland)                    6153
   *!*      English (South Africa)               7177
   *!*      English (Jamaica)                    8201
   *!*      English (Caribbean)                  9225
   *!*      English (Belize)                    10249
   *!*      English (Trinidad)                  11273
   *!*      Spanish (Traditional Sort)           1034
   *!*      Spanish (Mexican)                    2058
   *!*      Spanish (Modern Sort)                3082
   *!*      Spanish (Guatemala)                  4106
   *!*      Spanish (Costa Rica)                 5130
   *!*      Spanish (Panama)                     6154
   *!*      Spanish (Dominican Republic)         7178
   *!*      Spanish (Venezuela)                  8202
   *!*      Spanish (Colombia)                   9226
   *!*      Spanish (Peru)                      10250
   *!*      Spanish (Argentina)                 11274
   *!*      Spanish (Ecuador)                   12298
   *!*      Spanish (Chile)                     13322
   *!*      Spanish (Uruguay)                   14346
   *!*      Spanish (Paraguay)                  15370
   *!*      Spanish (Bolivia)                   16394
   *!*      Spanish (El Salvador)               17418
   *!*      Spanish (Honduras)                  18442
   *!*      Spanish (Nicaragua)                 19466
   *!*      Spanish (Puerto Rico)               20490
   *!*      Finnish                              1035
   *!*      French (Standard)                    1036
   *!*      French (Belgian)                     2060
   *!*      French (Canadian)                    3084
   *!*      French (Swiss)                       4108
   *!*      French (Luxembourg)                  5132
   *!*      Hebrew                               1037
   *!*      Hungarian                            1038
   *!*      Icelandic                            1039
   *!*      Italian (Standard)                   1040
   *!*      Italian (Swiss)                      2064
   *!*      Japanese                             1041
   *!*      Korean                               1042
   *!*      Korean (Johab)                       2066
   *!*      Dutch (Standard)                     1043
   *!*      Dutch (Belgian)                      2067
   *!*      Norwegian (Bokmal)                   1044
   *!*      Norwegian (Nynorsk)                  2068
   *!*      Polish                               1045
   *!*      Portuguese (Brazil)                  1046
   *!*      Portuguese (Portugal)                2070
   *!*      Romanian                             1048
   *!*      Russian                              1049
   *!*      Croatian                             1050
   *!*      Serbian (Latin)                      2074
   *!*      Serbian (Cyrillic)                   3098
   *!*      Slovak                               1051
   *!*      Albanian                             1052
   *!*      Swedish                              1053
   *!*      Swedish (Finland)                    2077
   *!*      Thai                                 1054
   *!*      Turkish                              1055
   *!*      Indonesian                           1057
   *!*      Ukrainian                            1058
   *!*      Belarusian                           1059
   *!*      Slovenian                            1060
   *!*      Estonian                             1061
   *!*      Latvian                              1062
   *!*      Lithuanian                           1063
   *!*      Farsi                                1065
   *!*      Vietnamese                           1066
   *!*      Basque                               1069
   *!*      Afrikaans                            1078
   *!*      Faeroese                             1080

   *!*      Declare GetUserDefaultLCID API Function

   DECLARE LONG GetUserDefaultLCID IN WIN32API

   *!*      Get Language ID *****

   ?GetUserDefaultLCID()
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:1/25/2005
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