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4/8/2010

This message is sent by an application to retrieve the current locale of the list box. You can use the locale to determine the correct sorting order of displayed text for list boxes with the LBS_SORT style and of text added by the LB_ADDSTRINGmessage.

Syntax 

LB_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 list box. The high-order word contains the locale code and the low-order word contains the language identifier.

Remarks

The language identifier consists of a sublanguage identifier and a primary language identifier. Use the PRIMARYLANGIDmacro to extract the primary language identifier from the low-order word of the return value, and the SUBLANGIDmacro to extract the sublanguage identifier.

Requirements

Header winuser.h
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 1.0 and later
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

See Also