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4/8/2010

This macro extracts a primary language identifier from a language identifier.

Syntax


WORD PRIMARYLANGID( WORD lgid );

Parameters

lgid: Value that specifies the language identifier. This value is a combination of a primary language identifier and a secondary language identifier and is usually created by using the MAKELANGIDmacro.

The return value is a primary language identifier. The following table shows the primary language identifiers that are defined.

The PRIMARYLANGIDmacro is defined as follows:

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#define PRIMARYLANGID(lgid) ((WORD )(lgid) & 0x3ff)

For more information about language identifiers and locales, see Language Identifiers and Locales.

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