MAKELCID (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

1/6/2010

This macro creates a locale identifier from a language identifier.

Syntax

DWORD MAKELCID( 
  WORD wLanguageID, 
  WORD wSortID 
);

Parameters

  • wLanguageID
    Value that specifies the language identifier. This parameter is a combination of a primary language identifier and a secondary language identifier and is usually created by using the MAKELANGID macro.
  • wSortID
    Sort identifier. The following table shows the defined sort identifiers.

    Value Description

    SORT_DEFAULT

    Specifies the default sort.

    SORT_JAPANESE_XJIS

    Specifies Japanese XJIS order.

    SORT_JAPANESE_UNICODE

    Specifies Japanese Unicode order.

    SORT_CHINESE_BIG5

    Specifies Chinese BIG5 order.

    SORT_CHINESE_UNICODE

    Specifies Chinese Unicode order.

    SORT_KOREAN_KSC

    Specifies Korean KSC order.

    SORT_KOREAN_UNICODE

    Specifies Korean Unicode order.

Return Value

The return value is a locale identifier.

Remarks

The MAKELCID macro is defined as follows:

#define MAKELCID(lgid, srtid)  \ 
    ((DWORD)((((DWORD)((WORD  )(srtid))) << 16) |  \ 
            ((DWORD)((WORD  )(lgid))))) 

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

Requirements

Header winnt.h
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE .NET 4.0 and later

See Also

Reference

MAKELANGID

Concepts

Language Identifiers and Locales

Other Resources

National Language Support (NLS) Macros