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4/8/2010

This message is sent by an application to set the current locale of the combo box. If the combo box has the CBS_SORT style and strings are added using CB_ADDSTRING, the locale of a combo box affects how list items are sorted.

Syntax 

CB_SETLOCALE 
  wParam = (WPARAM) (WORD) 
wLocaleID;
  lParam = 0;

Parameters

wLocaleID

Specifies the locale identifier for the combo box to use for sorting when adding text.

lParam

Not used.

Return Value

The return value is the previous locale identifier. If wParamspecifies a locale not installed on the system, the return value is CB_ERR and the current combo box locale is not changed.

Remarks

Use the MAKELCIDmacro to construct a locale identifier and the MAKELANGIDmacro to construct a language identifier. The language identifier is made up of a primary language identifier and a sublanguage identifier.

Requirements

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

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