Using SetThreadLocale() for Language Resources

Last reviewed: January 15, 1998
Article ID: Q99392

3.10 3.50 WINDOWS NT kbui

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API) included with:
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    - Microsoft Windows NT versions 3.1 and 3.5
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Under Windows NT, each resource loading application programming interface (API) is based on the thread's locale. Each thread has a locale--usually the default system locale.

You can change the thread locale by calling SetThreadLocale(). To obtain the language resource you want, just set the thread locale to the locale you want, then call the normal resource loading API.

Additional reference words: 3.10 3.50
KBCategory: kbui
KBSubcategory: UsrNls KBIntlDev

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Last reviewed: January 15, 1998
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