How to Change the International Settings Programmatically

 Last reviewed: January 15, 1998
Article ID: Q126625 
4.00    | 3.50 3.51
WINDOWS | WINDOWS NT kbui

The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API) included with: 

        - Microsoft Windows NT versions 3.5 and 3.51
    - Microsoft Windows 95 version 4.0

The International control panel icon allows you to choose international settings for the time, date, keyboard, and so forth. You can change these settings from your application code by calling SetLocaleInfo(). Be sure to broadcast a WM_WININICHANGE message using PostMessage() so that all applications are notified of the change.

The Win32 API allows you to display the time and date in the correct international format. Use GetDateFormat() and GetTimeFormat() to get the date and time in the format specified by the user.

Additional reference words: 3.50 3.51 4.00 95
KBCategory: kbui
KBSubcategory: UsrLoc KBIntlDev

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Last reviewed: January 15, 1998
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