IsValidLocaleName function (winnls.h)
Determines if the specified locale name is valid for a locale that is installed or supported on the operating system.
BOOL IsValidLocaleName(
[in] LPCWSTR lpLocaleName
);
[in] lpLocaleName
Pointer to the locale name to validate.
Returns a nonzero value if the locale name is valid, or returns 0 for an invalid name.
On Windows Vista and later, all supported locales should be installed on all operating systems.
This function can handle the name of a custom locale. Data is not guaranteed to be the same from computer to computer or between runs of an application. If your application must persist or transmit data, see Using Persistent Locale Data.
Beginning in Windows 8: If your app passes language tags to this function from the Windows.Globalization namespace, it must first convert the tags by calling ResolveLocaleName.
An example showing the use of this function can be found in NLS: Name-based APIs Sample.
Requirement | Value |
---|---|
Minimum supported client | Windows Vista [desktop apps | UWP apps] |
Minimum supported server | Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps | UWP apps] |
Target Platform | Windows |
Header | winnls.h (include Windows.h) |
Library | Kernel32.lib |
DLL | Kernel32.dll |