Application.CurrentCulture Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Gets or sets the culture information for the current thread.

public:
 static property System::Globalization::CultureInfo ^ CurrentCulture { System::Globalization::CultureInfo ^ get(); void set(System::Globalization::CultureInfo ^ value); };

public static System.Globalization.CultureInfo CurrentCulture { get; set; }

static member CurrentCulture : System.Globalization.CultureInfo with get, set

Public Shared Property CurrentCulture As CultureInfo

Property Value

CultureInfo

A CultureInfo representing the culture information for the current thread.

Examples

The following code example gets this property and displays its value in a text box. The example requires that textBox1 has been placed on a form.

private:
   void PrintCurrentCulture()
   {
      textBox1->Text = "The current culture is: {0}",
         Application::CurrentCulture->EnglishName;
   }

private void PrintCurrentCulture() {
    textBox1.Text = "The current culture is: " +
       Application.CurrentCulture.EnglishName;
 }

Private Sub PrintCurrentCulture()
   textBox1.Text = "The current culture is: " & _
      Application.CurrentCulture.EnglishName
End Sub

See also

• InputLanguage