This enumeration has a FlagsAttribute attribute that allows a bitwise combination of its member values.
Namespace:
System.Globalization
Assembly:
mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
<SerializableAttribute> _
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
<FlagsAttribute> _
Public Enumeration CultureTypes
Dim instance As CultureTypes
[SerializableAttribute]
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
[FlagsAttribute]
public enum CultureTypes
[SerializableAttribute]
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
[FlagsAttribute]
public enum class CultureTypes
These culture type values are returned by the CultureInfo..::.CultureTypes property, and also serve as a filter that limits the cultures returned by the CultureInfo..::.GetCultures method. For more information on cultures, see CultureInfo.
Generally, your application should enumerate all cultures, using the AllCultures value. This allows enumeration of custom cultures, as well as the other culture types.
The following code example demonstrates the CultureTypes enumeration and the CultureTypes property.
' This example demonstrates the CultureTypes enumeration
' and the CultureInfo.CultureTypes property.
Imports System
Imports System.Globalization
Class Sample
Public Shared Sub Main()
' Create a table of most culture types.
Dim mostCultureTypes() As CultureTypes = { _
CultureTypes.NeutralCultures, _
CultureTypes.SpecificCultures, _
CultureTypes.InstalledWin32Cultures, _
CultureTypes.UserCustomCulture, _
CultureTypes.ReplacementCultures, _
CultureTypes.FrameworkCultures, _
CultureTypes.WindowsOnlyCultures }
Dim allCultures() As CultureInfo
Dim combo As CultureTypes
' Get and enumerate all cultures.
allCultures = CultureInfo.GetCultures(CultureTypes.AllCultures)
Dim ci As CultureInfo
For Each ci In allCultures
' Display the name of each culture.
Console.WriteLine("Culture: {0}", ci.Name)
' Get the culture types of each culture.
combo = ci.CultureTypes
' Display the name of each culture type flag that is set.
Console.Write(" ")
Dim ct As CultureTypes
For Each ct In mostCultureTypes
If 0 <> (ct And combo) Then
Console.Write("{0} ", ct)
End If
Next ct
Console.WriteLine()
Next ci
End Sub 'Main
End Class 'Sample
'The following is a portion of the results produced by this code example.
'.
'.
'.
'Culture: syr
' NeutralCultures FrameworkCultures
'Culture: dv
' NeutralCultures FrameworkCultures
'Culture:
' SpecificCultures FrameworkCultures
'Culture: ar-SA
' SpecificCultures FrameworkCultures
'Culture: bg-BG
' SpecificCultures InstalledWin32Cultures FrameworkCultures
'Culture: ca-ES
' SpecificCultures InstalledWin32Cultures FrameworkCultures
'Culture: zh-TW
' SpecificCultures FrameworkCultures
'.
'.
'.
// This example demonstrates the CultureTypes enumeration
// and the CultureInfo.CultureTypes property.
using System;
using System.Globalization;
class Sample
{
public static void Main()
{
// Create a table of most culture types.
CultureTypes[] mostCultureTypes = new CultureTypes[] {
CultureTypes.NeutralCultures,
CultureTypes.SpecificCultures,
CultureTypes.InstalledWin32Cultures,
CultureTypes.UserCustomCulture,
CultureTypes.ReplacementCultures,
CultureTypes.FrameworkCultures,
CultureTypes.WindowsOnlyCultures
};
CultureInfo[] allCultures;
CultureTypes combo;
// Get and enumerate all cultures.
allCultures = CultureInfo.GetCultures(CultureTypes.AllCultures);
foreach (CultureInfo ci in allCultures)
{
// Display the name of each culture.
Console.WriteLine("Culture: {0}", ci.Name);
// Get the culture types of each culture.
combo = ci.CultureTypes;
// Display the name of each culture type flag that is set.
Console.Write(" ");
foreach (CultureTypes ct in mostCultureTypes)
if (0 != (ct & combo))
Console.Write("{0} ", ct);
Console.WriteLine();
}
}
}
/*
The following is a portion of the results produced by this code example.
.
.
.
Culture: syr
NeutralCultures FrameworkCultures
Culture: dv
NeutralCultures FrameworkCultures
Culture:
SpecificCultures FrameworkCultures
Culture: ar-SA
SpecificCultures FrameworkCultures
Culture: bg-BG
SpecificCultures InstalledWin32Cultures FrameworkCultures
Culture: ca-ES
SpecificCultures InstalledWin32Cultures FrameworkCultures
Culture: zh-TW
SpecificCultures FrameworkCultures
.
.
.
*/
The following code example displays several properties of the neutral cultures.
Imports System
Imports System.Globalization
Public Class SamplesCultureInfo
Public Shared Sub Main()
' Displays several properties of the neutral cultures.
Console.WriteLine("CULTURE ISO ISO WIN DISPLAYNAME ENGLISHNAME")
Dim ci As CultureInfo
For Each ci In CultureInfo.GetCultures(CultureTypes.NeutralCultures)
Console.Write("{0,-7}", ci.Name)
Console.Write(" {0,-3}", ci.TwoLetterISOLanguageName)
Console.Write(" {0,-3}", ci.ThreeLetterISOLanguageName)
Console.Write(" {0,-3}", ci.ThreeLetterWindowsLanguageName)
Console.Write(" {0,-40}", ci.DisplayName)
Console.WriteLine(" {0,-40}", ci.EnglishName)
Next ci
End Sub 'Main
End Class 'SamplesCultureInfo
'This code produces the following output. This output has been cropped for brevity.
'
'CULTURE ISO ISO WIN DISPLAYNAME ENGLISHNAME
'ar ar ara ARA Arabic Arabic
'bg bg bul BGR Bulgarian Bulgarian
'ca ca cat CAT Catalan Catalan
'zh-CHS zh zho CHS Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Simplified)
'cs cs ces CSY Czech Czech
'da da dan DAN Danish Danish
'de de deu DEU German German
'el el ell ELL Greek Greek
'en en eng ENU English English
'es es spa ESP Spanish Spanish
'fi fi fin FIN Finnish Finnish
using System;
using System.Globalization;
public class SamplesCultureInfo {
public static void Main() {
// Displays several properties of the neutral cultures.
Console.WriteLine( "CULTURE ISO ISO WIN DISPLAYNAME ENGLISHNAME" );
foreach ( CultureInfo ci in CultureInfo.GetCultures( CultureTypes.NeutralCultures ) ) {
Console.Write( "{0,-7}", ci.Name );
Console.Write( " {0,-3}", ci.TwoLetterISOLanguageName );
Console.Write( " {0,-3}", ci.ThreeLetterISOLanguageName );
Console.Write( " {0,-3}", ci.ThreeLetterWindowsLanguageName );
Console.Write( " {0,-40}", ci.DisplayName );
Console.WriteLine( " {0,-40}", ci.EnglishName );
}
}
}
/*
This code produces the following output. This output has been cropped for brevity.
CULTURE ISO ISO WIN DISPLAYNAME ENGLISHNAME
ar ar ara ARA Arabic Arabic
bg bg bul BGR Bulgarian Bulgarian
ca ca cat CAT Catalan Catalan
zh-CHS zh zho CHS Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Simplified)
cs cs ces CSY Czech Czech
da da dan DAN Danish Danish
de de deu DEU German German
el el ell ELL Greek Greek
en en eng ENU English English
es es spa ESP Spanish Spanish
fi fi fin FIN Finnish Finnish
*/
using namespace System;
using namespace System::Globalization;
int main()
{
// Displays several properties of the neutral cultures.
Console::WriteLine( "CULTURE ISO ISO WIN DISPLAYNAME ENGLISHNAME" );
System::Collections::IEnumerator^ enum0 = CultureInfo::GetCultures( CultureTypes::NeutralCultures )->GetEnumerator();
while ( enum0->MoveNext() )
{
CultureInfo^ ci = safe_cast<CultureInfo^>(enum0->Current);
Console::Write( "{0,-7}", ci->Name );
Console::Write( " {0,-3}", ci->TwoLetterISOLanguageName );
Console::Write( " {0,-3}", ci->ThreeLetterISOLanguageName );
Console::Write( " {0,-3}", ci->ThreeLetterWindowsLanguageName );
Console::Write( " {0,-40}", ci->DisplayName );
Console::WriteLine( " {0,-40}", ci->EnglishName );
}
}
/*
This code produces the following output. This output has been cropped for brevity.
CULTURE ISO ISO WIN DISPLAYNAME ENGLISHNAME
ar ar ara ARA Arabic Arabic
bg bg bul BGR Bulgarian Bulgarian
ca ca cat CAT Catalan Catalan
zh-CHS zh zho CHS Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Simplified)
cs cs ces CSY Czech Czech
da da dan DAN Danish Danish
de de deu DEU German German
el el ell ELL Greek Greek
en en eng ENU English English
es es spa ESP Spanish Spanish
fi fi fin FIN Finnish Finnish
*/
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune
The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
.NET Compact Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
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