CultureInfo.DisplayName Property

Property Value

Type: System.String
The culture name in the format "language (country/region)" in the language of the localized version of .NET Framework, where language is the full name of the language and country/region is the full name of the country or region.

Imports System.Globalization

Module Example
   Public Sub Demo(outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)

      Dim cultureNames() As String = { "en-US", "es-US", "fr-FR", "sr-Cyrl-CS", _
                                     "sr-Latn-CS", "zh-Hans", "zh-Hant"}

      For Each cultureName As String In cultureNames
         Dim culture As New CultureInfo(cultureName)
         outputBlock.Text &= culture.DisplayName & vbCrLf
      Next
   End Sub
End Module
' The example displays the following output if run on an English version 
' of the .NET Framework:
'       English (United States)
'       Spanish (United States)
'       French (France)
'       Serbian (Cyrillic, Serbia)
'       Serbian (Latin, Serbia)
'       Chinese (PRC)
'       Chinese (Taiwan)

using System;
using System.Globalization;

public class Example
{
   public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
   {
      string[] cultureNames = { "en-US", "es-US", "fr-FR", "sr-Cyrl-CS", 
                                "sr-Latn-CS", "zh-Hans", "zh-Hant"};

      foreach (string cultureName in cultureNames)
      {
         CultureInfo culture = new CultureInfo(cultureName);
         outputBlock.Text += culture.DisplayName + "\n";
      }
   }
}
// The example displays the following output if run on an English version 
// of the .NET Framework:
//       English (United States)
//       Spanish (United States)
//       French (France)
//       Serbian (Cyrillic, Serbia)
//       Serbian (Latin, Serbia)
//       Chinese (PRC)
//       Chinese (Taiwan)