CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Globalization

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Source:

CultureInfo.cs

Gets or sets the CultureInfo object that represents the current user interface culture used by the Resource Manager to look up culture-specific resources at run time.

public:
 static property System::Globalization::CultureInfo ^ CurrentUICulture { System::Globalization::CultureInfo ^ get(); void set(System::Globalization::CultureInfo ^ value); };

public static System.Globalization.CultureInfo CurrentUICulture { get; set; }

static member CurrentUICulture : System.Globalization.CultureInfo with get, set

Public Shared Property CurrentUICulture As CultureInfo

Property Value

CultureInfo

The culture used by the Resource Manager to look up culture-specific resources at run time.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

The property is set to null.

ArgumentException

The property is set to a culture name that cannot be used to locate a resource file. Resource filenames can include only letters, numbers, hyphens, or underscores.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to change the CurrentCulture and CurrentUICulture of the current thread.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Globalization;
using namespace System::Threading;

int main()
{
   // Display the name of the current thread culture.
   Console::WriteLine("CurrentCulture is {0}.", CultureInfo::CurrentCulture->Name);
   
   // Change the current culture to th-TH.
   CultureInfo::CurrentCulture = gcnew CultureInfo("th-TH",false);
   Console::WriteLine("CurrentCulture is now {0}.", CultureInfo::CurrentCulture->Name);
   
   // Displays the name of the CurrentUICulture of the current thread.
   Console::WriteLine("CurrentUICulture is {0}.", CultureInfo::CurrentCulture->Name);
   
   // Changes the CurrentUICulture of the current thread to ja-JP.
   CultureInfo::CurrentUICulture = gcnew CultureInfo("ja-JP",false);
   Console::WriteLine("CurrentUICulture is now {0}.", CultureInfo::CurrentCulture->Name);
}
// The example displays the following output:
//       CurrentCulture is en-US.
//       CurrentCulture is now th-TH.
//       CurrentUICulture is en-US.
//       CurrentUICulture is now ja-JP.

using System;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Threading;

public class Example0
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      // Display the name of the current culture.
      Console.WriteLine("CurrentCulture is {0}.", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.Name);

      // Change the current culture to th-TH.
      CultureInfo.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo("th-TH", false);
      Console.WriteLine("CurrentCulture is now {0}.", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.Name);

      // Display the name of the current UI culture.
      Console.WriteLine("CurrentUICulture is {0}.", CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture.Name);

      // Change the current UI culture to ja-JP.
      CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture = new CultureInfo( "ja-JP", false );
      Console.WriteLine("CurrentUICulture is now {0}.", CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture.Name);
   }
}
// The example displays the following output:
//       CurrentCulture is en-US.
//       CurrentCulture is now th-TH.
//       CurrentUICulture is en-US.
//       CurrentUICulture is now ja-JP.

Imports System.Globalization
Imports System.Threading

Public Module Example
   Public Sub Main()

      ' Display the name of the current culture.
      Console.WriteLine("CurrentCulture is {0}.", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.Name)

      ' Change the current culture to th-TH.
      CultureInfo.CurrentCulture = New CultureInfo("th-TH", False)
      Console.WriteLine("CurrentCulture is now {0}.", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.Name)

      ' Display the name of the current UI culture.
      Console.WriteLine("CurrentUICulture is {0}.", CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture.Name)

      ' Change the current UI culture to ja-JP.
      CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture = New CultureInfo("ja-JP", False)
      Console.WriteLine("CurrentUICulture is now {0}.", CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture.Name)
   End Sub 
End Module
' The example displays the following output:
'       CurrentCulture is en-US.
'       CurrentCulture is now th-TH.
'       CurrentUICulture is en-US.
'       CurrentUICulture is now ja-JP.

Remarks

For more information about this API, see Supplemental API remarks for CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture.

See also

• ResourceManager
• CurrentUICulture
• CurrentCulture
• InstalledUICulture
• DefaultThreadCurrentUICulture