CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture Method
.NET Framework 3.0
Creates a CultureInfo that represents the specific culture that is associated with the specified name.
Namespace: System.Globalization
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
public static CultureInfo CreateSpecificCulture ( String name )
public static function CreateSpecificCulture ( name : String ) : CultureInfo
Not applicable.
Parameters
- name
A predefined CultureInfo name or the name of an existing CultureInfo.
Return Value
A CultureInfo that represents: The invariant culture, if name is an empty string (""). -or- The specific culture associated with name, if name is a neutral culture. -or- The culture specified by name, if name is already a specific culture.The cultures are generally grouped into three sets: the invariant culture, the neutral cultures, and the specific cultures. For more information, see the description of the CultureInfo class.
| Topic | Location |
|---|---|
| How to: Set the Culture and UI Culture for ASP.NET Web Page Globalization | Building ASP .NET Web Applications |
| How to: Set the Culture and UI Culture for ASP.NET Web Page Globalization | Building ASP .NET Web Applications |
The following code example shows the results of CreateSpecificCulture with different culture types.
 Note: |
|---|
| The example displays the zh-CHS and zh-CHT cultures with the 0x0004 and 0x7C04 culture identifiers, respectively. However, your Windows Vista applications should use the "zh-Hans" name instead of "zh-CHS" and the "zh-Hant" name instead of "zh-CHT". The "zh-Hans" and "zh-Hant" names represent the current standard, and should be used unless you have a reason for using the older names. |
using System; using System.Globalization; public class SamplesCultureInfo { public static void Main() { // Prints the header. Console.WriteLine( "CULTURE SPECIFIC CULTURE" ); // Determines the specific culture associated with each culture in the .NET Framework. foreach ( CultureInfo ci in CultureInfo.GetCultures( CultureTypes.AllCultures ) ) { Console.Write( "{0,-12} {1,-40}", ci.Name, ci.EnglishName ); try { Console.WriteLine( "{0}", CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture( ci.Name ).Name ); } catch { Console.WriteLine( "(no associated specific culture)" ); } } } } /* This code produces the following output. This output has been cropped for brevity. CULTURE SPECIFIC CULTURE ar Arabic ar-SA ar-SA Arabic (Saudi Arabia) ar-SA ar-IQ Arabic (Iraq) ar-IQ ar-EG Arabic (Egypt) ar-EG ar-LY Arabic (Libya) ar-LY ar-DZ Arabic (Algeria) ar-DZ ar-MA Arabic (Morocco) ar-MA ar-TN Arabic (Tunisia) ar-TN ar-OM Arabic (Oman) ar-OM ar-YE Arabic (Yemen) ar-YE ar-SY Arabic (Syria) ar-SY ar-JO Arabic (Jordan) ar-JO ar-LB Arabic (Lebanon) ar-LB ar-KW Arabic (Kuwait) ar-KW ar-AE Arabic (U.A.E.) ar-AE ar-BH Arabic (Bahrain) ar-BH ar-QA Arabic (Qatar) ar-QA bg Bulgarian bg-BG bg-BG Bulgarian (Bulgaria) bg-BG ca Catalan ca-ES ca-ES Catalan (Catalan) ca-ES zh-Hans Chinese (Simplified) (no associated specific culture) zh-TW Chinese (Taiwan) zh-TW zh-CN Chinese (People's Republic of China) zh-CN zh-HK Chinese (Hong Kong S.A.R.) zh-HK zh-SG Chinese (Singapore) zh-SG zh-MO Chinese (Macao S.A.R.) zh-MO zh-Hant Chinese (Traditional) (no associated specific culture) cs Czech cs-CZ cs-CZ Czech (Czech Republic) cs-CZ da Danish da-DK da-DK Danish (Denmark) da-DK */
import System.* ;
import System.Globalization.* ;
public class SamplesCultureInfo
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// Prints the header.
Console.WriteLine("CULTURE "
+ " SPECIFIC CULTURE");
// Determines the specific culture associated with each culture in the
// .NET Framework.
for (int iCtr = 0;
iCtr < (CultureInfo.GetCultures(CultureTypes.AllCultures).length);
iCtr++) {
CultureInfo ci =
CultureInfo.GetCultures(CultureTypes.AllCultures)[iCtr];
Console.Write("{0,-12} {1,-40}", ci.get_Name(),
ci.get_EnglishName());
try {
Console.WriteLine("{0}", CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture(
ci.get_Name()).get_Name());
}
catch(System.Exception exp){
Console.WriteLine("(no associated specific culture)");
}
}
} //main
} //SamplesCultureInfo
/*
This code produces the following output. This output has been cropped for
brevity.
CULTURE SPECIFIC CULTURE
ar Arabic ar-SA
ar-SA Arabic (Saudi Arabia) ar-SA
ar-IQ Arabic (Iraq) ar-IQ
ar-EG Arabic (Egypt) ar-EG
ar-LY Arabic (Libya) ar-LY
ar-DZ Arabic (Algeria) ar-DZ
ar-MA Arabic (Morocco) ar-MA
ar-TN Arabic (Tunisia) ar-TN
ar-OM Arabic (Oman) ar-OM
ar-YE Arabic (Yemen) ar-YE
ar-SY Arabic (Syria) ar-SY
ar-JO Arabic (Jordan) ar-JO
ar-LB Arabic (Lebanon) ar-LB
ar-KW Arabic (Kuwait) ar-KW
ar-AE Arabic (U.A.E.) ar-AE
ar-BH Arabic (Bahrain) ar-BH
ar-QA Arabic (Qatar) ar-QA
bg Bulgarian bg-BG
bg-BG Bulgarian (Bulgaria) bg-BG
ca Catalan ca-ES
ca-ES Catalan (Catalan) ca-ES
zh-Hans Chinese (Simplified) (no associated specific
culture)
zh-TW Chinese (Taiwan) zh-TW
zh-CN Chinese (People's Republic of China) zh-CN
zh-HK Chinese (Hong Kong S.A.R.) zh-HK
zh-SG Chinese (Singapore) zh-SG
zh-MO Chinese (Macau S.A.R.) zh-MO
zh-Hant Chinese (Traditional) (no associated specific
culture)
cs Czech cs-CZ
cs-CZ Czech (Czech Republic) cs-CZ
da Danish da-DK
da-DK Danish (Denmark) da-DK
*/
Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows CE, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition
The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.