MAKELCID

The MAKELCID macro creates a locale identifier from a language identifier.

DWORD MAKELCID(
  WORD wLanguageID,  // language identifier
  WORD wSortID       // sorting identifier
);
 

Parameters

wLanguageID

Specifies the language identifier. This parameter is a combination of a primary language identifier and a secondary language identifier and is usually created by using the MAKELANGID macro.

wSortID

Specifies the sort identifier. The following sort identifiers are defined:

Value	Meaning
SORT_DEFAULT	Specifies the default sort.
SORT_JAPANESE_XJIS	Specifies Japanese XJIS order.
SORT_JAPANESE_UNICODE	Specifies Japanese Unicode order.
SORT_CHINESE_BIG5	Specifies Chinese BIG5 order.
SORT_CHINESE_UNICODE	Specifies Chinese Unicode order.
SORT_KOREAN_KSC	Specifies Korean KSC order.
SORT_KOREAN_UNICODE	Specifies Korean Unicode order.

Return Values

The return value is a locale identifier.

Remarks

The MAKELCID macro is defined as follows:

#define MAKELCID(lgid, srtid)  \ 
    ((DWORD)((((DWORD)((WORD  )(srtid))) << 16) |  \ 
            ((DWORD)((WORD  )(lgid))))) 
 

QuickInfo

  Windows NT: Requires version 3.1 or later.
  Windows: Requires Windows 95 or later.
  Windows CE: Requires version 1.0 or later.
  Header: Declared in winnt.h.

See Also

National Language Support Overview, National Language Support Macros, LANGIDFROMLCID, MAKELANGID, SORTIDFROMLCID