CompareString
The CompareString function (winnls.h) compares two character strings for a locale specified by an identifier. |
CompareStringA
Compares two character strings, for a locale specified by identifier.Caution Using CompareString incorrectly can compromise the security of your application. (CompareStringA) |
ConvertDefaultLocale
Converts a default locale value to an actual locale identifier. |
EnumCalendarInfoA
Enumerates calendar information for a specified locale.Note To receive a calendar identifier in addition to calendar information, the application should use the EnumCalendarInfoEx function. (ANSI) |
EnumCalendarInfoExA
Enumerates calendar information for a locale specified by identifier.Note Any application that runs only on Windows Vista and later should use EnumCalendarInfoExEx in preference to this function. (ANSI) |
EnumCalendarInfoExEx
Enumerates calendar information for a locale specified by name.Note The application should call this function in preference to EnumCalendarInfo or EnumCalendarInfoEx if designed to run only on Windows Vista and later. Note This function can enumerate data that changes between releases, for example, due to a custom locale. If your application must persist or transmit data, see Using Persistent Locale Data. |
EnumCalendarInfoExW
Enumerates calendar information for a locale specified by identifier.Note Any application that runs only on Windows Vista and later should use EnumCalendarInfoExEx in preference to this function. (Unicode) |
EnumCalendarInfoW
Enumerates calendar information for a specified locale.Note To receive a calendar identifier in addition to calendar information, the application should use the EnumCalendarInfoEx function. (Unicode) |
EnumDateFormatsA
Enumerates the long date, short date, or year/month formats that are available for a specified locale. (ANSI) |
EnumDateFormatsExA
Enumerates the long date, short date, or year/month formats that are available for a specified locale.Note Any application that runs only on Windows Vista and later should use EnumDateFormatsExEx in preference to this function. (ANSI) |
EnumDateFormatsExEx
Enumerates the long date, short date, or year/month formats that are available for a locale specified by name.Note The application should call this function in preference to EnumDateFormats or EnumDateFormatsEx if designed to run only on Windows Vista and later. Note This function can enumerate data that changes between releases, for example, due to a custom locale. If your application must persist or transmit data, see Using Persistent Locale Data. |
EnumDateFormatsExW
Enumerates the long date, short date, or year/month formats that are available for a specified locale.Note Any application that runs only on Windows Vista and later should use EnumDateFormatsExEx in preference to this function. (Unicode) |
EnumDateFormatsW
Enumerates the long date, short date, or year/month formats that are available for a specified locale. (Unicode) |
EnumLanguageGroupLocalesA
Enumerates the locales in a specified language group. (ANSI) |
EnumLanguageGroupLocalesW
Enumerates the locales in a specified language group. (Unicode) |
EnumSystemCodePagesA
Enumerates the code pages that are either installed on or supported by an operating system. (ANSI) |
EnumSystemCodePagesW
Enumerates the code pages that are either installed on or supported by an operating system. (Unicode) |
EnumSystemGeoID
Enumerates the geographical location identifiers (type GEOID) that are available on the operating system. |
EnumSystemGeoNames
Enumerates the two-letter International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 3166-1 codes or numeric United Nations (UN) Series M, Number 49 (M.49) codes for geographical locations that are available on the operating system. |
EnumSystemLanguageGroupsA
Enumerates the language groups that are either installed on or supported by an operating system. (ANSI) |
EnumSystemLanguageGroupsW
Enumerates the language groups that are either installed on or supported by an operating system. (Unicode) |
EnumSystemLocalesA
Enumerates the locales that are either installed on or supported by an operating system.Note For interoperability reasons, the application should prefer the EnumSystemLocalesEx function to EnumSystemLocales because Microsoft is migrating toward the use of locale names instead of locale identifiers for new locales. Any application that will be run only on Windows Vista and later should use EnumSystemLocalesEx. (ANSI) |
EnumSystemLocalesEx
Enumerates the locales that are either installed on or supported by an operating system.Note The application should call this function in preference to EnumSystemLocales if designed to run only on Windows Vista and later. |
EnumSystemLocalesW
Enumerates the locales that are either installed on or supported by an operating system.Note For interoperability reasons, the application should prefer the EnumSystemLocalesEx function to EnumSystemLocales because Microsoft is migrating toward the use of locale names instead of locale identifiers for new locales. Any application that will be run only on Windows Vista and later should use EnumSystemLocalesEx. (Unicode) |
EnumTimeFormatsA
Enumerates the time formats that are available for a locale specified by identifier.Note For interoperability reasons, the application should prefer the EnumTimeFormatsEx function to EnumTimeFormats because Microsoft is migrating toward the use of locale names instead of locale identifiers for new locales. Any application that runs only on Windows Vista and later should use EnumTimeFormatsEx. (ANSI) |
EnumTimeFormatsEx
Enumerates the time formats that are available for a locale specified by name.Note The application should call this function in preference to EnumTimeFormats if designed to run only on Windows Vista and later. Note This function can enumerate data that changes between releases, for example, due to a custom locale. If your application must persist or transmit data, see Using Persistent Locale Data. |
EnumTimeFormatsW
Enumerates the time formats that are available for a locale specified by identifier.Note For interoperability reasons, the application should prefer the EnumTimeFormatsEx function to EnumTimeFormats because Microsoft is migrating toward the use of locale names instead of locale identifiers for new locales. Any application that runs only on Windows Vista and later should use EnumTimeFormatsEx. (Unicode) |
EnumUILanguagesA
Enumerates the user interface languages that are available on the operating system and calls the callback function with every language in the list. (ANSI) |
EnumUILanguagesW
Enumerates the user interface languages that are available on the operating system and calls the callback function with every language in the list. (Unicode) |
FILEMUIINFO_GET_CULTURE
Gets the locale name associated with the language name offset information in the dwLanguageNameOffset member of a FILEMUIINFO structure. |
FILEMUIINFO_GET_MAIN_TYPEID
Gets the main module types array element associated with the type identifier size and offset in a FILEMUIINFO structure. The information is provided in the dwTypeIDMainSize and dwTypeIDMainOffset members of the structure. |
FILEMUIINFO_GET_MAIN_TYPEIDS
Gets the main module types array associated with the type identifier offset information in the dwTypeIDMainOffset member of a FILEMUIINFO structure. |
FILEMUIINFO_GET_MAIN_TYPENAMES
Gets the main module names multistring array associated with the type name offset information in the dwTypeNameMainOffset member of a FILEMUIINFO structure. |
FILEMUIINFO_GET_MUI_TYPEID
Gets the MUI module types array element associated with the type identifier size and offset information in a FILEMUIINFO structure. The information is provided in the dwTypeIDMUISize and dwTypeIDMUIOffset members of the structure. |
FILEMUIINFO_GET_MUI_TYPEIDS
Gets the MUI module types array associated with the type identifier offset information in the dwTypeIDMUIOffset member of a FILEMUIINFO structure. |
FILEMUIINFO_GET_MUI_TYPENAMES
Gets the MUI module names multistring array associated with the type name offset information in the dwTypeNameMUIOffset member of a FILEMUIINFO structure. |
FindNLSString
Locates a Unicode string (wide characters) or its equivalent in another Unicode string for a locale specified by identifier.Caution Because strings with very different binary representations can compare as identical, this function can raise certain security concerns. For more information, see the discussion of comparison functions in Security Considerations:_International Features. Note For interoperability reasons, the application should prefer the FindNLSStringEx function because Microsoft is migrating toward the use of locale names instead of locale identifiers for new locales. Although FindNLSString supports custom locales, most applications should use FindNLSStringEx for this type of support. |
FindNLSStringEx
Locates a Unicode string (wide characters) or its equivalent in another Unicode string for a locale specified by name.Caution Because strings with very different binary representations can compare as identical, this function can raise certain security concerns. For more information, see the discussion of comparison functions in Security Considerations:_International Features. |
FoldStringA
Maps one Unicode string to another, performing the specified transformation. (FoldStringA) |
GetACP
Retrieves the current Windows ANSI code page identifier for the operating system.Caution The ANSI API functions, for example, the ANSI version of TextOut, implicitly use GetACP to translate text to or from Unicode. |
GetCalendarInfoA
Retrieves information about a calendar for a locale specified by identifier. (ANSI) |
GetCalendarInfoEx
Retrieves information about a calendar for a locale specified by name.Note The application should call this function in preference to GetCalendarInfo if designed to run only on Windows Vista and later. Note This function can retrieve data that changes between releases, for example, due to a custom locale. If your application must persist or transmit data, see Using Persistent Locale Data. |
GetCalendarInfoW
Retrieves information about a calendar for a locale specified by identifier. (Unicode) |
GetCPInfo
Retrieves information about any valid installed or available code page. (GetCPInfo) |
GetCPInfoExA
Retrieves information about any valid installed or available code page. (GetCPInfoExA) |
GetCPInfoExW
Retrieves information about any valid installed or available code page. (GetCPInfoExW) |
GetCurrencyFormatA
Formats a number string as a currency string for a locale specified by identifier. (ANSI) |
GetCurrencyFormatEx
Formats a number string as a currency string for a locale specified by name.Note The application should call this function in preference to GetCurrencyFormat if designed to run only on Windows Vista and later. Note This function can format data that changes between releases, for example, due to a custom locale. If your application must persist or transmit data, see Using Persistent Locale Data. |
GetCurrencyFormatW
Formats a number string as a currency string for a locale specified by identifier. (Unicode) |
GetDurationFormat
Formats a duration of time as a time string for a locale specified by identifier. |
GetDurationFormatEx
Formats a duration of time as a time string for a locale specified by name. |
GetFileMUIInfo
Retrieves resource-related information about a file. |
GetFileMUIPath
Retrieves the path to all language-specific resource files associated with the supplied LN file. The application must call this function repeatedly to get the path for each resource file. |
GetGeoInfoA
Retrieves information about a specified geographical location. (ANSI) |
GetGeoInfoEx
Retrieves information about a geographic location that you specify by using a two-letter International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 3166-1 code or numeric United Nations (UN) Series M, Number 49 (M.49) code. |
GetGeoInfoW
Retrieves information about a specified geographical location. (Unicode) |
GetLocaleInfoA
Retrieves information about a locale specified by identifier. (ANSI) |
GetLocaleInfoEx
Retrieves information about a locale specified by name.Note The application should call this function in preference to GetLocaleInfo if designed to run only on Windows Vista and later. Note This function can retrieve data that changes between releases, for example, due to a custom locale. If your application must persist or transmit data, see Using Persistent Locale Data. |
GetLocaleInfoW
Retrieves information about a locale specified by identifier. (Unicode) |
GetNLSVersion
Retrieves information about the current version of a specified NLS capability for a locale specified by identifier.Note For interoperability reasons, the application should prefer the GetNLSVersionEx function to GetNLSVersion because Microsoft is migrating toward the use of locale names instead of locale identifiers for new locales. This recommendation applies especially to custom locales, for which GetNLSVersionEx retrieves enough information to determine if sort behavior has changed. Any application that runs only on Windows Vista and later should use GetNLSVersionEx or at least pass the NLSVERSIONINFOEX structure when calling GetNLSVersion to obtain additional sorting versioning data. |
GetNLSVersionEx
Retrieves information about the current version of a specified NLS capability for a locale specified by name.Note The application should call this function in preference to GetNLSVersion if designed to run only on Windows Vista and later. |
GetNumberFormatA
Formats a number string as a number string customized for a locale specified by identifier. (ANSI) |
GetNumberFormatEx
Formats a number string as a number string customized for a locale specified by name.Note The application should call this function in preference to GetNumberFormat if designed to run only on Windows Vista and later. Note This function can format data that changes between releases, for example, due to a custom locale. If your application must persist or transmit data, see Using Persistent Locale Data. |
GetNumberFormatW
Formats a number string as a number string customized for a locale specified by identifier. (Unicode) |
GetOEMCP
Returns the current original equipment manufacturer (OEM) code page identifier for the operating system. |
GetProcessPreferredUILanguages
Retrieves the process preferred UI languages. For more information, see User Interface Language Management. |
GetStringScripts
Provides a list of scripts used in the specified Unicode string. |
GetStringTypeA
Deprecated. (GetStringTypeA) |
GetSystemDefaultLangID
Returns the language identifier for the system locale. |
GetSystemDefaultLCID
Returns the locale identifier for the system locale.Note Any application that runs only on Windows Vista and later should use GetSystemDefaultLocaleName in preference to this function. |
GetSystemDefaultLocaleName
Retrieves the system default locale name.Note It is recommended that applications call GetUserDefaultLocaleName in preference over this function. |
GetSystemDefaultUILanguage
Retrieves the language identifier for the system default UI language of the operating system, also known as the "install language" on Windows Vista and later. For more information, see User Interface Language Management. |
GetSystemPreferredUILanguages
Retrieves the system preferred UI languages. For more information, see User Interface Language Management. |
GetThreadLocale
Returns the locale identifier of the current locale for the calling thread.Note This function can retrieve data that changes between releases, for example, due to a custom locale. |
GetThreadPreferredUILanguages
Retrieves the thread preferred UI languages for the current thread. For more information, see User Interface Language Management. |
GetThreadUILanguage
Returns the language identifier of the first user interface language for the current thread. |
GetUILanguageInfo
Retrieves a variety of information about an installed UI language |
GetUserDefaultGeoName
Retrieves the two-letter International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 3166-1 code or numeric United Nations (UN) Series M, Number 49 (M.49) code for the default geographical location of the user. |
GetUserDefaultLangID
Returns the language identifier of the Region Format setting for the current user. |
GetUserDefaultLCID
Returns the locale identifier for the user default locale.Caution If the user default locale is a custom locale, an application cannot accurately tag data with the value or exchange it. |
GetUserDefaultLocaleName
Retrieves the user default locale name.Note The application should call this function in preference to GetUserDefaultLCID if designed to run only on Windows Vista and later. |
GetUserDefaultUILanguage
Returns the language identifier for the user UI language for the current user. |
GetUserGeoID
Retrieves information about the geographical location of the user. For more information, see Table of Geographical Locations. |
GetUserPreferredUILanguages
Retrieves information about the user preferred UI languages. For more information, see User Interface Language Management. |
IdnToAscii
Converts an internationalized domain name (IDN) or another internationalized label to a Unicode (wide character) representation of the ASCII string that represents the name in the Punycode transfer encoding syntax. |
IdnToNameprepUnicode
Converts an internationalized domain name (IDN) or another internationalized label to the NamePrep form specified by Network Working Group RFC 3491, but does not perform the additional conversion to Punycode. |
IdnToUnicode
Converts the Punycode form of an internationalized domain name (IDN) or another internationalized label to the normal Unicode UTF-16 encoding syntax. |
IS_HIGH_SURROGATE
Determines if a character is a UTF-16 high surrogate code point, ranging from 0xd800 to 0xdbff, inclusive. |
IS_LOW_SURROGATE
Determines if a character is a UTF-16 low surrogate code point, ranging from 0xdc00 to 0xdfff, inclusive. |
IS_SURROGATE_PAIR
Determines if the specified code units form a UTF-16 surrogate pair. |
IsDBCSLeadByte
Determines if a specified character is a lead byte for the system default Windows ANSI code page (CP_ACP). A lead byte is the first byte of a two-byte character in a double-byte character set (DBCS) for the code page. |
IsDBCSLeadByteEx
Determines if a specified character is potentially a lead byte. A lead byte is the first byte of a two-byte character in a double-byte character set (DBCS) for the code page. |
IsNLSDefinedString
Determines if each character in a string has a defined result for a specified NLS capability. |
IsNormalizedString
Verifies that a string is normalized according to Unicode 4.0 TR#15. For more information, see Using Unicode Normalization to Represent Strings. |
IsValidCodePage
Determines if a specified code page is valid. |
IsValidLanguageGroup
Determines if a language group is installed or supported on the operating system. For more information, see NLS Terminology. |
IsValidLocale
Determines if the specified locale is installed or supported on the operating system. For more information, see Locales and Languages. |
IsValidLocaleName
Determines if the specified locale name is valid for a locale that is installed or supported on the operating system.Note An application running only on Windows Vista and later should call this function in preference to IsValidLocale to determine the validity of a supplemental locale. |
IsValidNLSVersion
Determines if the NLS version is valid for a given NLS function. |
LCIDToLocaleName
Converts a locale identifier to a locale name. |
LCMapStringA
For a locale specified by identifier, maps one input character string to another using a specified transformation, or generates a sort key for the input string. (ANSI) |
LCMapStringEx
For a locale specified by name, maps an input character string to another using a specified transformation, or generates a sort key for the input string.Note The application should call this function in preference to LCMapString if designed to run only on Windows Vista and later. |
LCMapStringW
For a locale specified by identifier, maps one input character string to another using a specified transformation, or generates a sort key for the input string. (Unicode) |
LoadStringByReference
Unsupported. LoadStringByReference may be altered or unavailable. Instead, use SHLoadIndirectString. |
LocaleNameToLCID
Converts a locale name to a locale identifier. |
NormalizeString
Normalizes characters of a text string according to Unicode 4.0 TR#15. For more information, see Using Unicode Normalization to Represent Strings. |
NotifyUILanguageChange
Unsupported. NotifyUILanguageChange may be altered or unavailable. |
ResolveLocaleName
Finds a possible locale name match for the supplied name. |
SetCalendarInfoA
Sets an item of locale information for a calendar. For more information, see Date and Calendar. (ANSI) |
SetCalendarInfoW
Sets an item of locale information for a calendar. For more information, see Date and Calendar. (Unicode) |
SetLocaleInfoA
Sets an item of information in the user override portion of the current locale. This function does not set the system defaults. (ANSI) |
SetLocaleInfoW
Sets an item of information in the user override portion of the current locale. This function does not set the system defaults. (Unicode) |
SetProcessPreferredUILanguages
Sets the process preferred UI languages for the application process. For more information, see User Interface Language Management. |
SetThreadLocale
Sets the current locale of the calling thread. |
SetThreadPreferredUILanguages
Sets the thread preferred UI languages for the current thread. For more information, see User Interface Language Management. |
SetThreadUILanguage
Sets the user interface language for the current thread. |
SetUserGeoID
Sets the geographical location identifier for the user. This identifier should have one of the values described in Table of Geographical Locations. |
SetUserGeoName
Sets the geographic location for the current user to the specified two-letter International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 3166-1 code or numeric United Nations (UN) Series M, Number 49 (M.49) code. |
VerifyScripts
Compares two enumerated lists of scripts. |