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InitMUILanguage function (commctrl.h)

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Enables an application to specify a language to be used with the common controls that is different from the system language.

Syntax

void InitMUILanguage(
  LANGID uiLang
);

Parameters

uiLang

Type: LANGID

The language identifier of the language to be used by the common controls.

Return value

None

Remarks

This function enables an application to override the system language setting, and specify a different language for the common controls. The selected language only applies to the process that InitMUILanguage is called from. See Internationalization for Windows Applications for further discussion of localization.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows Vista [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header commctrl.h
Library Comctl32.lib
DLL Comctl32.dll (version 5.80 or later)

See also

GetMUILanguage