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4/8/2010

This message is sent by an application 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_ADDSTRINGmessage.

Syntax 

CB_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 combo box. The high word contains the locale identifier 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 PRIMARYLANGIDmacro obtains the primary language identifier and the SUBLANGIDmacro obtains the sublanguage identifier.

Requirements

Header winuser.h
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 2.0 and later
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

See Also