Gets or sets the culture information for the current thread.
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
Syntax . . :: . CultureInfo
A CultureInfo representing the culture information for the current thread.
Public Shared Property CurrentCulture As CultureInfopublic static CultureInfo CurrentCulture { get; set; }public:
static property CultureInfo^ CurrentCulture {
CultureInfo^ get ();
void set (CultureInfo^ value);
}static member CurrentCulture : CultureInfo with get, set
Property Value
Type: System.GlobalizationA 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.
Private Sub PrintCurrentCulture()
textBox1.Text = "The current culture is: " & _
Application.CurrentCulture.EnglishName
End Sub
private void PrintCurrentCulture() {
textBox1.Text = "The current culture is: " +
Application.CurrentCulture.EnglishName;
}
private:
void PrintCurrentCulture()
{
textBox1->Text = "The current culture is: {0}",
Application::CurrentCulture->EnglishName;
}
.NET Framework Security
- UIPermission
for all windows to set this property. Associated enumeration: UIPermissionWindow
. . :: . AllWindows
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.