Get user language using GetUserDefaultLangID
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Original Author: Qucami
Inputs
integer return from GetUserDefaultLangID
Returns
language as string
API Declarations
GetUserDefaultLangID
Code
Private Declare Function GetUserDefaultLangID Lib "kernel32" () As Integer
Function GetLanguage(ByRef iLang_ID As Integer) As String
Select Case iLang_ID
Case &H0
GetLanguage = "Language_Neutral"
Case &H400
GetLanguage = "Default Language"
Case &H401, &H801, &HC01, &H1001, _
&H1401, &H1801, &H1C01, &H2001, _
&H2401, &H2801, &H2C01, &H3001, _
&H3401, &H3801, &H3C01, 16385
GetLanguage = "Araabic"
Case &H402
GetLanguage = "Bulgarian"
Case &H403
GetLanguage = "Catalan"
Case &H404, &H804, &HC04, 4100
GetLanguage = "Chinese"
Case &H405
GetLanguage = "Czech"
Case &H406
GetLanguage = "Danish"
Case &H407, &H807, &HC07, &H1007, 5127
GetLanguage = "German"
Case &H408
GetLanguage = "Greek"
Case &H409, &H809, &HC09, &H1009, &H1409, &H1809, _
&H1C09, &H2009, &H2409, &H2809, 11273
GetLanguage = "English"
Case &H40A, &H80A, &HC0A, &H100A, &H140A, &H180A, _
&H1C0A, &H200A, &H240A, &H280A, &H2C0A, _
&H300A, &H340A, &H380A, &H3C0A, &H400A, _
&H440A, &H480A, &H4C0A, 2049
GetLanguage = "Spanish"
Case &H40B
GetLanguage = "Finnish"
Case &H40C, &H80C, &HC0C, &H100C, 5132
GetLanguage = "French"
Case &H40D
GetLanguage = "Hebrew"
Case &H40E
GetLanguage = "Hungarian"
Case &H40F
GetLanguage = "Icelandic"
Case &H410, 2064
GetLanguage = "Italian"
Case &H411
GetLanguage = "Japanese"
Case &H412, 2066
GetLanguage = "Korean"
Case &H413, 2067
GetLanguage = "Dutch"
Case &H414, 2068
GetLanguage = "Norwegian"
Case &H415
GetLanguage = "Polish"
Case &H416, 2070
GetLanguage = "Portuguese"
Case &H418
GetLanguage = "Romanian"
Case &H419
GetLanguage = "Russian"
Case &H41A
GetLanguage = "Croatian"
Case &H81A, 3098
GetLanguage = "Serbian"
Case &H41B
GetLanguage = "Slovak"
Case &H41C
GetLanguage = "Albanian"
Case &H41D, 2077
GetLanguage = "Swedish"
Case &H41E
GetLanguage = "Thai"
Case &H41F
GetLanguage = "Turkish"
Case &H421
GetLanguage = "Indonesian"
Case &H422
GetLanguage = "Ukrainian"
Case &H423
GetLanguage = "Belarusian"
Case &H424
GetLanguage = "Slovenian"
Case &H425
GetLanguage = "Estonian"
Case &H426
GetLanguage = "Latvian"
Case &H427
GetLanguage = "Lithuanian"
Case &H429
GetLanguage = "Farsi"
Case &H42A
GetLanguage = "Vietnamese"
Case &H42D
GetLanguage = "Basque"
Case &H436
GetLanguage = "Afrikaans"
Case &H438
GetLanguage = "Faeroese"
End Select
End Function
Private Sub Form_Load()
Debug.Print GetLanguage(GetUserDefaultLangID)
End Sub
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