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.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
Public Property CurrentUICulture As CultureInfo
public CultureInfo CurrentUICulture { get; set; }
public:
property CultureInfo^ CurrentUICulture {
	CultureInfo^ get ();
	void set (CultureInfo^ value);
}
member CurrentUICulture : CultureInfo with get, set

Property Value

Type: System.Globalization..::.CultureInfo
A CultureInfo representing the current culture.
Exceptions
ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullException

The property is set to nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

ArgumentException

The property is set to a culture name that cannot be used to locate a resource file. Resource filenames must include only letters, numbers, hyphens or underscores.

Remarks

The CultureInfo returned by this property can be a neutral culture. Neutral cultures should not be used with formatting methods such as String..::.Format(IFormatProvider, String, array<Object>[]()[]), DateTime..::.ToString(String, IFormatProvider), and Convert..::.ToString(Char, IFormatProvider). Use the CultureInfo..::.CreateSpecificCulture method to get a specific culture, or use the CurrentCulture property.

NoteNote

The CultureInfo..::.CreateSpecificCulture method throws ArgumentException for the neutral cultures "zh-Hant" ("zh-CHT") and "zh-Hans" ("zh-CHS").

Examples

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 );
}


Version Information

.NET Framework

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

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library
Platforms

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.