LANGIDFROMLCID

The LANGIDFROMLCID macro retrieves a language identifier from a locale identifier.

WORD LANGIDFROMLCID(
  LCID lcid  // locale identifier
);
 

Parameters

lcid

Specifies the locale identifier. This parameter may have been created by using the MAKELCID macro.

Return Values

The return value is a language identifier.

Remarks

The LANGIDFROMLCID macro is defined as follows:

#define LANGIDFROMLCID(lcid)   ((WORD) (lcid)) 
 

QuickInfo

  Windows NT: Requires version 3.1 or later.
  Windows: Requires Windows 95 or later.
  Windows CE: Unsupported.
  Header: Declared in winnt.h.

See Also

National Language Support Overview, National Language Support Macros, MAKELANGID, MAKELCID, PRIMARYLANGID, SUBLANGID