Gets or sets the culture for the current thread.
Namespace: System.Threading
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Property CurrentCulture As CultureInfo
Dim instance As Thread
Dim value As CultureInfo
value = instance.CurrentCulture
instance.CurrentCulture = value
public CultureInfo CurrentCulture { get; set; }
public:
property CultureInfo^ CurrentCulture {
CultureInfo^ get ();
void set (CultureInfo^ value);
}
/** @property */
public CultureInfo get_CurrentCulture ()
/** @property */
public void set_CurrentCulture (CultureInfo value)
public function get CurrentCulture () : CultureInfo
public function set CurrentCulture (value : CultureInfo)
Property Value
A
CultureInfo representing the culture for the current thread.

Example
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 );
}
// Compile with option /t:winexe.
import System.*;
import System.Threading.*;
import System.Threading.Thread;
import System.Windows.Forms.*;
class UICulture extends Form
{
public UICulture()
{
// Set the user interface to display in the
// same culture as that set in Control Panel.
Thread.get_CurrentThread().set_CurrentUICulture(
Thread.get_CurrentThread().get_CurrentCulture());
// Add additional code.
} //UICulture
/** @attribute STAThreadAttribute()
*/
public static void main(String[] args)
{
Application.Run(new UICulture());
} //main
} //UICulture

.NET Framework Security

Platforms
Windows 98, Windows 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 .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see System Requirements.

Version Information
.NET Framework
Supported in: 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

See Also