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RegionInfo::NativeName Property

Gets the name of a country/region formatted in the native language of the country/region.

Namespace:  System.Globalization
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

[ComVisibleAttribute(false)]
public:
virtual property String^ NativeName {
	String^ get ();
}

Property Value

Type: System::String
The native name of the country/region formatted in the language associated with the ISO 3166 country/region code.

NoteNote

The NativeName property retrieves a full culture name if the RegionInfo object is constructed using a full culture name.

It is recommended for your applications to use the culture name, for example, en-US for English (United States), when accessing the NativeName property. The string used for this property depends on the language associated with the country/region. For example, the culture names en-US, for English (United States), and es-US, for Spanish (United States), can retrieve different values on Windows Vista. Therefore, creating the RegionInfo object with only a country/region name of "US" is not specific enough to distinguish the appropriate string.

The following code example demonstrates the NativeName property.


// This example demonstrates the RegionInfo.EnglishName, NativeName,
// CurrencyEnglishName, CurrencyNativeName, and GeoId properties.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Globalization;

int main()
{
    // Regional Info for Sweden
    RegionInfo^ ri = gcnew RegionInfo("SE");

    Console::Clear();
    Console::WriteLine("Region English Name: . . . {0}", ri->EnglishName);
    Console::WriteLine("Native Name: . . . . . . . {0}", ri->NativeName);
    Console::WriteLine("Currency English Name: . . {0}",
        ri->CurrencyEnglishName);
    Console::WriteLine("Currency Native Name:. . . {0}",
        ri->CurrencyNativeName);
    Console::WriteLine("Geographical ID: . . . . . {0}", ri->GeoId);
}
/*
This code example produces the following results:

Region English Name: . . . Sweden
Native Name: . . . . . . . Sverige
Currency English Name: . . Swedish Krona
Currency Native Name:. . . Svensk krona
Geographical ID: . . . . . 221

*/


.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

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.
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