CB_GETLOCALE Overview  Group

An application sends a CB_GETLOCALE message to retrieve the current locale of the combo box. The locale is used to determine the correct sorting order of displayed text for combo boxes with the CBS_SORT style and text added by using the CB_ADDSTRING message.

CB_GETLOCALE 

wParam = 0; // not used; must be zero 

lParam = 0; // not used; must be zero 

 

Parameters

This message has no parameters.

Return Values

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

Remarks

The language identifier is made up of a sublanguage identifier and a primary language identifier. The PRIMARYLANGID macro obtains the primary language identifier and the SUBLANGID macro obtains the sublanguage identifier.

See Also

CB_ADDSTRING, CB_SETLOCALE, PRIMARYLANGID, SUBLANGID

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