CultureInfo.DisplayName Property
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Gets the culture name in the format "language (country/region)" in the language of the localized version of .NET Framework.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Property Value
Type: System.StringThe 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.
For example, if the .NET Framework English version is installed, the DisplayName property for the "en-US" culture returns "English (United States)". If the .NET Framework Spanish version is installed, regardless of the language that the system is set to display, the culture name is displayed in Spanish. Therefore, the DisplayName property for the "en-US" culture returns "Ingles (Estados Unidos)".
The following example displays the value of the DisplayName property of a number of cultures.
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)