GetLocaleGetLocale( Info )
Info – Type of information to retrieve.
| Value | Meaning |
| 0 | Three letter country code |
| 1 | Two letter country code used in standard locale dexriptions (i.e in en-GB, this would return "GB") |
| 2 | Two letter language code used in standard locale dexriptions (i.e in en-GB, this would return "en") |
This parameter is optional and the default is 0.
The locale string for the current user. See below for a full description of the return string.
This function gets Windows locale information for the current user as a string.
Please note the following lists are based on the ISO standards and Windows may not support all languages or countries. Check your publication on your supported languages.
The following is a list of the possible country values:
| Country | 3 Letter Code | 2 Letter Code |
| Afghanistan | AFG | AF |
| Albania | ALB | AL |
| Algeria | DZA | DZ |
| American Samoa | ASM | AS |
| Andorra | AND | AD |
| Angola | AGO | AO |
| Anguilla | AIA | AI |
| Antarctica | ATA | AQ |
| Antigua and Barbuda | ATG | AG |
| Argentina | ARG | AR |
| Armenia | ARM | AM |
| Aruba | ABW | AW |
| Australia | AUS | AU |
| Austria | AUT | AT |
| Azerbaijan | AZE | AZ |
| Bahamas | BHS | BS |
| Bahrain | BHR | BH |
| Bangladesh | BGD | BD |
| Barbados | BRB | BB |
| Belarus | BLR | BY |
| Belgium | BEL | BE |
| Belize | BLZ | BZ |
| Benin | BEN | BJ |
| Bermuda | BMU | BM |
| Bhutan | BTN | BT |
| Bolivia | BOL | BO |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BIH | BA |
| Botswana | BWA | BW |
| Bouvet Island | BVT | BV |
| Brazil | BRA | BR |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | IOT | IO |
| Brunei Darussalam | BRN | BN |
| Bulgaria | BGR | BG |
| Burkina Faso | BFA | BF |
| Burundi | BDI | BI |
| Cambodia | KHM | KH |
| Cameroon | CMR | CM |
| Canada | CAN | CA |
| Cape Verde | CPV | CV |
| Cayman Islands | CYM | KY |
| Central African Republic | CAF | CF |
| Chad | TCD | TD |
| Chile | CHL | CL |
| China | CHN | CN |
| Christmas Island | CXR | CX |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | CCK | CC |
| Colombia | COL | CO |
| Comoros | COM | KM |
| Congo | COG | CG |
| Congo, the Democratic Republic of the | COD |
|
| Cook Islands | COK | CK |
| Costa Rica | CRI | CR |
| Côte d'Ivoire | CIV | CI |
| Croatia | HRV | HR |
| Cuba | CUB | CU |
| Cyprus | CYP | CY |
| Czech Republic | CZE | CZ |
| Denmark | DNK | DK |
| Djibouti | DJI | DJ |
| Dominica | DMA | DM |
| Dominican Republic | DOM | DO |
| Ecuador | ECU | EC |
| Egypt | EGY | EG |
| El Salvador | SLV | SV |
| Equatorial Guinea | GNQ | GQ |
| Eritrea | ERI | ER |
| Estonia | EST | EE |
| Ethiopia | ETH | ET |
| Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | FLK | FK |
| Faroe Islands | FRO | FO |
| Fiji | FJI | FJ |
| Finland | FIN | FI |
| France | FRA | FR |
| French Guiana | GUF | GF |
| French Polynesia | PYF | PF |
| French Southern Territories | ATF | TF |
| Gabon | GAB | GA |
| Gambia | GMB | GM |
| Georgia | GEO | GE |
| Germany | DEU | DE |
| Ghana | GHA | GH |
| Gibraltar | GIB | GI |
| Greece | GRC | GR |
| Greenland | GRL | GL |
| Grenada | GRD | GD |
| Guadeloupe | GLP | GP |
| Guam | GUM | GU |
| Guatemala | GTM | GT |
| Guernsey | GGY |
|
| Guinea | GIN | GN |
| Guinea-Bissau | GNB | GW |
| Guyana | GUY | GY |
| Haiti | HTI | HT |
| Heard Island and McDonald Islands | HMD | HM |
| Holy See (Vatican City State) | VAT | VA |
| Honduras | HND | HN |
| Hong Kong | HKG | HK |
| Hungary | HUN | HU |
| Iceland | ISL | IS |
| India | IND | IN |
| Indonesia | IDN | ID |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | IRN | IR |
| Iraq | IRQ | IQ |
| Ireland | IRL | IE |
| Isle of Man | IMN |
|
| Israel | ISR | IL |
| Italy | ITA | IT |
| Jamaica | JAM | JM |
| Japan | JPN | JP |
| Jersey | JEY |
|
| Jordan | JOR | JO |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | KZ |
| Kenya | KEN | KE |
| Kiribati | KIR | KI |
| Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | PRK | KP |
| Korea, Republic of | KOR | KR |
| Kuwait | KWT | KW |
| Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | KG |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic | LAO | LA |
| Latvia | LVA | LV |
| Lebanon | LBN | LB |
| Lesotho | LSO | LS |
| Liberia | LBR | LR |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | LBY | LY |
| Liechtenstein | LIE | LI |
| Lithuania | LTU | LT |
| Luxembourg | LUX | LU |
| Macao | MAC | MO |
| Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of | MKD | MK |
| Madagascar | MDG | MG |
| Malawi | MWI | MW |
| Malaysia | MYS | MY |
| Maldives | MDV | MV |
| Mali | MLI | ML |
| Malta | MLT | MT |
| Marshall Islands | MHL | MH |
| Martinique | MTQ | MQ |
| Mauritania | MRT | MR |
| Mauritius | MUS | MU |
| Mayotte | MYT | YT |
| Mexico | MEX | MX |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | FSM | FM |
| Moldova, Republic of | MDA | MD |
| Monaco | MCO | MC |
| Mongolia | MNG | MN |
| Montenegro | MNE |
|
| Montserrat | MSR | MS |
| Morocco | MAR | MA |
| Mozambique | MOZ | MZ |
| Myanmar | MMR | MM |
| Namibia | NAM | NA |
| Nauru | NRU | NR |
| Nepal | NPL | NP |
| Netherlands | NLD | NL |
| Netherlands Antilles | ANT | AN |
| New Caledonia | NCL | NC |
| New Zealand | NZL | NZ |
| Nicaragua | NIC | NI |
| Niger | NER | NE |
| Nigeria | NGA | NG |
| Niue | NIU | NU |
| Norfolk Island | NFK | NF |
| Northern Mariana Islands | MNP | MP |
| Norway | NOR | NO |
| Oman | OMN | OM |
| Pakistan | PAK | PK |
| Palau | PLW | PW |
| Palestinian Territory, Occupied | PSE |
|
| Panama | PAN | PA |
| Papua New Guinea | PNG | PG |
| Paraguay | PRY | PY |
| Peru | PER | PE |
| Philippines | PHL | PH |
| Pitcairn | PCN | PN |
| Poland | POL | PL |
| Portugal | PRT | PT |
| Puerto Rico | PRI | PR |
| Qatar | QAT | QA |
| Réunion | REU | RE |
| Romania | ROU | RO |
| Russian Federation | RUS | RU |
| Rwanda | RWA | RW |
| Saint Helena | SHN | SH |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | KNA | KN |
| Saint Lucia | LCA | LC |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | SPM | PM |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | VCT | VC |
| Samoa | WSM | WS |
| San Marino | SMR | SM |
| Sao Tome and Principe | STP | ST |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | SA |
| Senegal | SEN | SN |
| Serbia | SRB |
|
| Seychelles | SYC | SC |
| Sierra Leone | SLE | SL |
| Singapore | SGP | SG |
| Slovakia | SVK | SK |
| Slovenia | SVN | SI |
| Solomon Islands | SLB | SB |
| Somalia | SOM | SO |
| South Africa | ZAF | ZA |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | SGS |
|
| Spain | ESP | ES |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | LK |
| Sudan | SDN | SD |
| Suriname | SUR | SR |
| Svalbard and Jan Mayen | SJM | SJ |
| Swaziland | SWZ | SZ |
| Sweden | SWE | SE |
| Switzerland | CHE | CH |
| Syrian Arab Republic | SYR | SY |
| Taiwan, Province of China | TWN | TW |
| Tajikistan | TJK | TJ |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | TZA | TZ |
| Thailand | THA | TH |
| Timor-Leste | TLS |
|
| Togo | TGO | TG |
| Tokelau | TKL | TK |
| Tonga | TON | TO |
| Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | TT |
| Tunisia | TUN | TN |
| Turkey | TUR | TR |
| Turkmenistan | TKM | TM |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | TCA | TC |
| Tuvalu | TUV | TV |
| Uganda | UGA | UG |
| Ukraine | UKR | UA |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | AE |
| United Kingdom | GBR | GB |
| United States | USA | US |
| United States Minor Outlying Islands | UMI | UM |
| Uruguay | URY | UY |
| Uzbekistan | UZB | UZ |
| Vanuatu | VUT | VU |
| Venezuela | VEN | VE |
| Viet Nam | VNM | VN |
| Virgin Islands, British | VGB | VG |
| Virgin Islands, U.S. | VIR | VI |
| Wallis and Futuna | WLF | WF |
| Western Sahara | ESH | EH |
| Yemen | YEM | YE |
| Yugoslavia |
| YU |
| Zaire |
| ZR |
| Zambia | ZMB | ZM |
| Zimbabwe | ZWE | ZW |
The following is a list of the possible language values:
| Language | ISO Code |
| Afrikaans | af |
| Amharic | am |
| Arabic | ar |
| Assamese | as |
| Azerbaijani | az |
| Byelorussian (Belarusian) | be |
| Bulgarian | bg |
| Bengali (Bangla) | bn |
| Tibetan | bo |
| Catalan | ca |
| Czech | cs |
| Welsh | cy |
| Danish | da |
| German | de |
| Greek | el |
| English | en |
| Spanish | es |
| Estonian | et |
| Basque | eu |
| Farsi | fa |
| Finnish | fi |
| Faeroese | fo |
| French | fr |
| Frisian | fy |
| Irish | ga |
| Gaelic (Scottish) | gd |
| Galician | gl |
| Guarani | gn |
| Gujarati | gu |
| Hausa | ha |
| Hebrew | he |
| Hindi | hi |
| Croatian | hr |
| Hungarian | hu |
| Armenian | hy |
| Indonesian | id |
| Icelandic | is |
| Italian | it |
| Inuktitut | iu |
| Japanese | ja |
| Georgian | ka |
| Kazakh | kk |
| Cambodian | km |
| Kannada | kn |
| Korean | ko |
| Kashmiri | ks |
| Kirghiz | ky |
| Latin | la |
| Laothian | lo |
| Lithuanian | lt |
| Latvian (Lettish) | lv |
| Macedonian | mk |
| Malayalam | ml |
| Mongolian | mn |
| Marathi | mr |
| Malay | ms |
| Maltese | mt |
| Burmese | my |
| Nepali | ne |
| Dutch | nl |
| Norwegian | no |
| Oromo (Afan, Galla) | om |
| Oriya | or |
| Punjabi | pa |
| Polish | pl |
| Pashto (Pushto) | ps |
| Portuguese | pt |
| Rhaeto-Romance | rm |
| Romanian | ro |
| Russian | ru |
| Sanskrit | sa |
| Sindhi | sd |
| Sinhalese | si |
| Slovak | sk |
| Slovenian | sl |
| Somali | so |
| Albanian | sq |
| Serbian | sr |
| Swedish | sv |
| Swahili (Kiswahili) | sw |
| Tamil | ta |
| Telugu | te |
| Tajik | tg |
| Thai | th |
| Tigrinya | ti |
| Turkmen | tk |
| Tagalog | tl |
| Turkish | tr |
| Tsonga | ts |
| Tatar | tt |
| Ukrainian | uk |
| Urdu | ur |
| Uzbek | uz |
| Vietnamese | vi |
| Xhosa | xh |
| Yiddish | yi |
| Yoruba | yo |
| Chinese (Traditional) | zh |
| Chinese (Simplified) | zh |
| Zulu | zu |