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Basic.Locale$ |
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Description |
Returns a String containing the locale under which BasicScript is running. |
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Comments |
The locale helps you identify information about your environment, such as the date formats, time format, and other country-sensitive information. The following table describes the returned value from Basic.Locale$ on the Win32 platform. |
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Returns a string in the format: |
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abbrevlang,langid,nativelang,englang |
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abbrevlang |
Three-letter name of the language. This name is formed by taking the two-letter language abbreviation as found in the ISO Standard 639 and adding a third letter, as appropriate, to indicate the sublanguage. |
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langid: |
Language ID as defined by the operating system. |
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nativelang |
Native name of the language. |
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englang: |
Full English name of the language as defined by ISO standard 639. |
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Example |
'This example checks to see if we are running in a Japanese 'version of Windows. Sub Main If Basic.OS = ebWin16 And Item$(Basic.Locale$,1) = "jpn" Then MsgBox "Running Windows on a Japanese computer." End If End Sub |
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See Also |
Basic.OS (property) , Basic.CodePage (property) |
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