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Thread.CurrentCulture Property

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Gets or sets the culture for the current thread.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property CurrentCulture As CultureInfo
public CultureInfo CurrentCulture { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.Globalization.CultureInfo
The culture for the current thread.

Exceptions

Exception Condition
ArgumentNullException

The property is set to nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

ArgumentException

The property is set to a culture that cannot be used to locate a resource file.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.