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Application.CurrentCulture Property

.NET Framework 4.5

Gets or sets the culture information for the current thread.

Namespace: System.Windows.Forms
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)

public static CultureInfo CurrentCulture { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.Globalization.CultureInfo
A CultureInfo representing the culture information for the current thread.

Examples

The following code example gets this property and displays its value in a text box. The example requires that textBox1 has been placed on a form.

C++

private void PrintCurrentCulture() {
    textBox1.Text = "The current culture is: " +
       Application.CurrentCulture.EnglishName;
 }

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

.NET Framework Security

UIPermission
for all windows to set this property. Associated enumeration: UIPermissionWindow.AllWindows

Platforms

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

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

Reference

Application Class

System.Windows.Forms Namespace

InputLanguage

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