Gets or sets the culture for the current thread.
Namespace:
System.Threading
Assembly:
mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
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);
}
public function get CurrentCulture () : CultureInfo
public function set CurrentCulture (value : CultureInfo)
| 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 nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic). |
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 );
}
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
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
Reference