MAKELCID Macro

Public Function MAKELCID (ByVal wLanguageId As Integer, ByVal wSortId As Integer) As Long
	MAKELCID = wSortId * &H10000 + wLanguageId
End Function

Description & Usage

The MAKELCID macro creates a locale identifier. This identifier is based on two things: the locale's language and its string sort order.

Return Value

The macro returns the locale identifer that includes the specified language and string sort order.

Visual Basic-Specific Issues

None.

Parameters

wLanguageId

The language identifier of the locale. Use the MAKELANGID macro to generate this value.

wSortId

One of the following flags specifying the string sort order for the locale:

SORT_DEFAULT

The default sort order.

SORT_CHINESE_BIG5

The Chinese BIG5 sort order.

SORT_CHINESE_UNICODE

The Chinese Unicode sort order.

SORT_JAPANESE_XJIS

The Japanese XJIS sort order.

SORT_JAPANESE_UNICODE

The Japanese Unicode order.

SORT_KOREAN_KSC

The Korean KSC sort order.

SORT_KOREAN_UNICODE

The Korean Unicode sort order.

Constant Definitions

Const SORT_DEFAULT = &H0
Const SORT_CHINESE_BIG5 = &H0
Const SORT_CHINESE_UNICODE = &H1
Const SORT_JAPANESE_XJIS = &H0
Const SORT_JAPANESE_UNICODE = &H1
Const SORT_KOREAN_KSC = &H0
Const SORT_KOREAN_UNICODE = &H1

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Last Modified: April 16, 2000
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