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...get the systems default language?
Autor: Thomas Stutz
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function GetWindowsLanguage: string;
var
  
WinLanguage: array [0..50] of char;
begin
  
VerLanguageName(GetSystemDefaultLangID, WinLanguage, 50);
  Result := StrPas(WinLanguage);
end;

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  
ShowMessage(GetWindowsLanguage);
end;

{********************************************************************}
{ another code:
{********************************************************************}

function GetWindowsLanguage(LCTYPE: LCTYPE {type of information}): string;
var
  
Buffer : PChar;
  Size : integer;
begin
  
Size := GetLocaleInfo (LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, LCType, nil, 0);
  GetMem(Buffer, Size);
  try
    
GetLocaleInfo (LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, LCTYPE, Buffer, Size);
    Result := string(Buffer);
  finally
    
FreeMem(Buffer);
  end;
end;

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  
Caption := GetWindowsLanguage(LOCALE_SABBREVLANGNAME);
 (*
  LOCALE_ILANGUAGE           { language id }
  LOCALE_SLANGUAGE           { localized name of language }
  LOCALE_SENGLANGUAGE        { English name of language }
  LOCALE_SABBREVLANGNAME     { abbreviated language name }
  LOCALE_SNATIVELANGNAME     { native name of language }
 *)
end;

 

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