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LB_GETLOCALE (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

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1/6/2010

This message is sent by an application to retrieve the current locale of the list box. You can use the locale to determine the correct sorting order of displayed text for list boxes with the LBS_SORT style and of text added by the LB_ADDSTRING message.

Syntax

LB_GETLOCALE wParam = 0; 
    lParam = 0;

Parameters

  • wParam
    Not used.
  • lParam
    Not used.

Return Value

The return value is a 32-bit value that specifies the current locale of the list box. The high-order word contains the locale code and the low-order word contains the language identifier.

Remarks

The language identifier consists of a sublanguage identifier and a primary language identifier. Use the PRIMARYLANGID macro to extract the primary language identifier from the low-order word of the return value, and the SUBLANGID macro to extract the sublanguage identifier.

Requirements

Header winuser.h
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 1.0 and later

See Also

Reference

List Boxes Messages
LB_ADDSTRING
LB_SETLOCALE

Other Resources

PRIMARYLANGID
SUBLANGID