Gets or sets the culture for the current thread.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Public Property CurrentCulture As CultureInfo
public CultureInfo CurrentCulture { get; set; }
public: property CultureInfo^ CurrentCulture { CultureInfo^ get (); void set (CultureInfo^ value); }
member CurrentCulture : CultureInfo with get, set
Property Value
Type: System.Globalization.CultureInfoA CultureInfo representing the culture for the current thread.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| NotSupportedException |
The property is set to a neutral culture. Neutral cultures cannot be used in formatting and parsing and therefore cannot be set as the thread's current culture. |
| ArgumentNullException |
The property is set to null. |
The following code example shows the threading statement that allows the user interface of a Windows Forms to display in the culture that is set in Control Panel. Additional code is needed.
' Compile with option t:winexe /r:System.dll,System.Windows.Forms.dll. Option Explicit Option Strict Imports System Imports System.Threading Imports System.Windows.Forms Public Class UICulture Inherits Form Sub New() ' Set the user interface to display in the ' same culture as that set in Control Panel. Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = _ Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture ' Add additional code. End Sub <STAThreadAttribute> Shared Sub Main() Application.Run(New UICulture()) End Sub End Class
// Compile with option /t:winexe. using System; using System.Threading; using System.Windows.Forms; class UICulture : Form { public UICulture() { // Set the user interface to display in the // same culture as that set in Control Panel. Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture; // Add additional code. } [STAThreadAttribute] static void Main() { Application.Run(new UICulture()); } }
#using <system.dll> #using <System.Drawing.dll> #using <system.windows.forms.dll> using namespace System; using namespace System::Threading; using namespace System::Windows::Forms; ref class UICulture: public Form { public: UICulture() { // Set the user interface to display in the // same culture as that set in Control Panel. Thread::CurrentThread->CurrentUICulture = Thread::CurrentThread->CurrentCulture; // Add additional code. } }; [STAThreadAttribute] int main() { Application::Run( gcnew UICulture ); }
.NET Framework
Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0.NET Framework Client Profile
Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1Portable Class Library
Supported in: Portable Class Library-
SecurityPermission
for setting the property. Associated enumeration: SecurityPermissionFlag.ControlThread
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Reference
As mentioned, .NET 4 allows neutral cultures to be used for the CurrentCulture. This is because the format rules are taken from the specific culture which is most dominant for the neutral culture.
See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/dd890508