MAKELCID

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This macro creates a locale identifier from a language identifier.

Syntax

DWORD MAKELCID( 
  WORD wLanguageID, 
  WORD wSortID 
);

wLanguageID
Value that specifies the language identifier. This parameter is a combination of a primary language identifier and a secondary language identifier and is usually created by using the MAKELANGID macro.

wSortID
Sort identifier. The following table shows the defined sort identifiers.

Value	Description
SORT_DEFAULT	Specifies the default sort.
SORT_JAPANESE_XJIS	Specifies Japanese XJIS order.
SORT_JAPANESE_UNICODE	Specifies Japanese Unicode order.
SORT_CHINESE_BIG5	Specifies Chinese BIG5 order.
SORT_CHINESE_UNICODE	Specifies Chinese Unicode order.
SORT_KOREAN_KSC	Specifies Korean KSC order.
SORT_KOREAN_UNICODE	Specifies Korean Unicode order.

The return value is a locale identifier.

The MAKELCID macro is defined as follows:

#define MAKELCID(lgid, srtid)  \ 
    ((DWORD)((((DWORD)((WORD  )(srtid))) << 16) |  \ 
            ((DWORD)((WORD  )(lgid)))))

For more information about language identifiers and locales, see Language Identifiers and Locales.

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