OWCLanguageSettings Object

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Aa190601.parchild(en-us,office.10).gifOWCLanguageSettings

Returns information about the language settings for the Microsoft Office Web Components.

Using the OWCLanguageSettings object

Use Application.LanguageSettings.LanguageID(MsoAppLanguageID), where MsoAppLanguageID is one of the following constants used to return locale identifier (LCID) information to the specified application:  msoLanguageIDHelp, msoLanguageIDInstall, msoLanguageIDUI, or msoLanguageIDUIPrevious. The following example returns the install language, user interface language, and Help language LCIDs for a spreadsheet control named Spreadsheet1 in a message box.

  MsgBox "The following locale IDs are registered " & _
    "for this application: Install Language - " & _
    Spreadsheet1.LanguageSettings.LanguageID(msoLanguageIDInstall) & _
    " User Interface Language - " & _
    
  Spreadsheet1.LanguageSettings.LanguageID(msoLanguageIDUI) & _
    " Help Language - " & _
    
  Spreadsheet1.LanguageSettings.LanguageID(msoLanguageIDHelp)

The following example tests whether the U.S. English language is registered as a preferred editing language.

  If Spreadsheet1.LanguageSettings. _
    LanguagePreferredForEditing(msoLanguageIDEnglishUS) Then
    MsgBox "U.S. English is one of the chosen editing languages."
End If