.NET Framework Class Library
Thread.CurrentUICulture Property

Gets or sets the current culture used by the Resource Manager to look up culture-specific resources at run time.

Namespace: System.Threading
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Property CurrentUICulture As CultureInfo
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As Thread
Dim value As CultureInfo

value = instance.CurrentUICulture

instance.CurrentUICulture = value
C#
public CultureInfo CurrentUICulture { get; set; }
C++
public:
property CultureInfo^ CurrentUICulture {
    CultureInfo^ get ();
    void set (CultureInfo^ value);
}
J#
/** @property */
public CultureInfo get_CurrentUICulture ()

/** @property */
public void set_CurrentUICulture (CultureInfo value)
JScript
public function get CurrentUICulture () : CultureInfo

public function set CurrentUICulture (value : CultureInfo)

Property Value

A CultureInfo representing the current culture.
Exceptions

Exception typeCondition

ArgumentNullException

The property value is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

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.

Visual Basic
' 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
C#
// 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());
    }
}
C++
#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 );
}
J#
// 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
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
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