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/lcid switch

The /lcid MIDL compiler option lets you use international characters in your input files, file names, and directory paths.

midl /lcid localeID

Switch Options

localeID

Specifies the 32-bit locale identifier used in Windows National Language Support. The locale identifier should be specified in decimal.

Remarks

Within the input files, you can use localized comments, strings, helpstrings and identifiers. In particular, the /lcid switch provides full DBCS support, to represent Asian languages such as Japanese, Chinese, and Korean.

Note

The /lcid switch is available with MIDL version 3.01.75 and later.

 

Examples

midl /lcid 1041 iface.idl

See also

General MIDL Command-line Syntax

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