MAKELANGID (Windows CE 5.0)
This macro creates a language identifier from a primary language identifier and a sub-language identifier.
WORDMAKELANGID( USHORTusPrimaryLanguage, USHORTusSubLanguage );
Parameters
usPrimaryLanguage
Primary language identifier. The following table shows the values this parameter can take.LANG_AFRIKAANS LANG_KONKANI LANG_ALBANIAN LANG_KOREAN LANG_ARABIC LANG_LATVIAN LANG_ARMENIAN LANG_LITHUANIAN LANG_ASSAMESE LANG_MACEDONIAN LANG_AZERI LANG_MALAY LANG_BASQUE LANG_MALAYALAM LANG_BELARUSIAN LANG_MANIPURI LANG_BENGALI LANG_MARATHI LANG_BULGARIAN LANG_NEPALI LANG_CATALAN LANG_NEUTRAL LANG_CHINESE LANG_NORWEGIAN LANG_CROATIAN LANG_ORIYA LANG_CZECH LANG_POLISH LANG_DANISH LANG_PORTUGUESE LANG_DUTCH LANG_PUNJABI LANG_ENGLISH LANG_ROMANIAN LANG_ESTONIAN LANG_RUSSIAN LANG_FAEROESE LANG_SANSKRIT LANG_FARSI LANG_SERBIAN LANG_FINNISH LANG_SINDHI LANG_FRENCH LANG_SLOVAK LANG_GEORGIAN LANG_SLOVENIAN LANG_GERMAN LANG_SPANISH LANG_GREEK LANG_SWAHILI LANG_GUJARATI LANG_SWEDISH LANG_HEBREW LANG_TAMIL LANG_HINDI LANG_TATAR LANG_HUNGARIAN LANG_TELUGU LANG_ICELANDIC LANG_THAI LANG_INDONESIAN LANG_TURKISH LANG_ITALIAN LANG_UKRAINIAN LANG_JAPANESE LANG_URDU LANG_KANNADA LANG_UZBEK LANG_KASHMIRI LANG_VIETNAMESE LANG_KAZAK For a user-defined language, usPrimaryLanguage can be a value in the range 0x0200 to 0x03FF. All other values are reserved for system use.
usSubLanguage
Secondary language identifier. The following table shows the values this parameter can take.SUBLANG_ARABIC_SAUDI_ARABIA SUBLANG_GERMAN_AUSTRIAN SUBLANG_ARABIC_IRAQ SUBLANG_GERMAN_LUXEMBOURG SUBLANG_ARABIC_EGYPT SUBLANG_GERMAN_LIECHTENSTEIN SUBLANG_ARABIC_LIBYA SUBLANG_ITALIAN SUBLANG_ARABIC_ALGERIA SUBLANG_ITALIAN_SWISS SUBLANG_ARABIC_MOROCCO SUBLANG_KASHMIRI_INDIA SUBLANG_ARABIC_TUNISIA SUBLANG_KOREAN SUBLANG_ARABIC_OMAN SUBLANG_LITHUANIAN SUBLANG_ARABIC_YEMEN SUBLANG_LITHUANIAN_CLASSIC SUBLANG_ARABIC_SYRIA SUBLANG_MALAY_BRUNEI_DARUSSALAM SUBLANG_ARABIC_JORDAN SUBLANG_MALAY_MALAYSIA SUBLANG_ARABIC_LEBANON SUBLANG_NEPALI_INDIA SUBLANG_ARABIC_KUWAIT SUBLANG_NEUTRAL SUBLANG_ARABIC_UAE SUBLANG_NORWEGIAN_BOKMAL SUBLANG_ARABIC_BAHRAIN SUBLANG_NORWEGIAN_NYNORSK SUBLANG_ARABIC_QATAR SUBLANG_PORTUGUESE SUBLANG_AZERI_CYRILLIC SUBLANG_PORTUGUESE_BRAZILIAN SUBLANG_AZERI_LATIN SUBLANG_SERBIAN_LATIN SUBLANG_CHINESE_TRADITIONAL SUBLANG_SERBIAN_CYRILLIC SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED SUBLANG_SPANISH SUBLANG_CHINESE_HONGKONG SUBLANG_SPANISH_MEXICAN SUBLANG_CHINESE_SINGAPORE SUBLANG_SPANISH_MODERN SUBLANG_CHINESE_MACAU SUBLANG_SPANISH_GUATEMALA SUBLANG_DEFAULT SUBLANG_SPANISH_COSTA_RICA SUBLANG_DUTCH SUBLANG_SPANISH_PANAMA SUBLANG_DUTCH_BELGIAN SUBLANG_SPANISH_DOMINICAN_REPUBLIC SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US SUBLANG_SPANISH_VENEZUELA SUBLANG_ENGLISH_UK SUBLANG_SPANISH_COLOMBIA SUBLANG_ENGLISH_AUS SUBLANG_SPANISH_PERU SUBLANG_ENGLISH_CAN SUBLANG_SPANISH_ARGENTINA SUBLANG_ENGLISH_NZ SUBLANG_SPANISH_ECUADOR SUBLANG_ENGLISH_EIRE SUBLANG_SPANISH_CHILE SUBLANG_ENGLISH_SOUTH_AFRICA SUBLANG_SPANISH_URUGUAY SUBLANG_ENGLISH_JAMAICA SUBLANG_SPANISH_PARAGUAY SUBLANG_ENGLISH_CARIBBEAN SUBLANG_SPANISH_BOLIVIA SUBLANG_ENGLISH_BELIZE SUBLANG_SPANISH_EL_SALVADOR SUBLANG_ENGLISH_TRINIDAD SUBLANG_SPANISH_HONDURAS SUBLANG_ENGLISH_PHILIPPINES SUBLANG_SPANISH_NICARAGUA SUBLANG_ENGLISH_ZIMBABWE SUBLANG_SPANISH_PUERTO_RICO SUBLANG_FRENCH SUBLANG_SWEDISH SUBLANG_FRENCH_BELGIAN SUBLANG_SWEDISH_FINLAND SUBLANG_FRENCH_CANADIAN SUBLANG_SYS_DEFAULT SUBLANG_FRENCH_SWISS SUBLANG_URDU_INDIA SUBLANG_FRENCH_LUXEMBOURG SUBLANG_URDU_PAKISTAN SUBLANG_FRENCH_MONACO SUBLANG_UZBEK_CYRILLIC SUBLANG_GERMAN SUBLANG_UZBEK_LATIN SUBLANG_GERMAN_SWISS For a user-defined secondary language, usSubLanguage can be a value in the range 0x20 to 0x3F. All other values are reserved for system use.
Return Values
The return value is a language identifier.
Remarks
The following table shows three combinations of usPrimaryLanguage and usSubLanguage that have a special meaning.
| Primary language identifier | Secondary language identifier | Description |
|---|---|---|
| LANG_NEUTRAL | SUBLANG_NEUTRAL | Language neutral |
| LANG_NEUTRAL | SUBLANG_DEFAULT | User default language |
| LANG_NEUTRAL | SUBLANG_SYS_DEFAULT | System default language |
The MAKELANGID macro is defined as follows:
#define MAKELANGID(p, s) ((((WORD) (s)) << 10) | (WORD) (p))
For more information about language identifiers and locales, see Language Identifiers and Locales.
Requirements
OS Versions: Windows CE .NET 4.0 and later.
Header: Winnt.h.
See Also
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