Detecting OS language

[migro]

Hi together!

is there a easy way to detect what language is used from operatingsystem MS is running on?

Any ideas would be great. I like to change the languages used in the script dialogs and messages automatically dependig on the OS-language.

[durexlw]

Call the win32 API function: "GetSystemDefaultLangID"

It will return a language identifier:

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LibFunc>Kernel32,GetSystemDefaultLangID,nSysLanguage,
if>nSysLanguage=-64503
	Message>%nSysLanguage% mean the language is American English
endif

You'll find all language identifiers in the Win32 programmers reference if you look for "Language Identifiers and Locales"

0413h is for example "Dutch (Standard)". To know what value Macro scheduler will return you, just do:
0413h = 1043d
65,536 - 1043 = 64493

so when the language is "Dutch (Standard)", macro scheduler will return the value '-64493'. Like this you can extend your script:

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LibFunc>Kernel32,GetSystemDefaultLangID,nSysLanguage,
if>nSysLanguage=-64503
	Message>%nSysLanguage% mean the language is American English
endif
if>nSysLanguage=-64493
	Message>%nSysLanguage% mean the language is Dutch (Standard)
endif

Do this for the rest of the languages you wish to support

[migro]

Many thanks durexlw, this haven been a great idea - all works fine.

[durexlw]

I appreciate you're letting know this works for you. Glad to hear.

[Me_again]

Yeah, that's a good one

[jpuziano]

Hi durexlw,

Thanks for posting this, very useful!

[rullbandspelare]

Hi!
I have V14.2.03
And the result is not as expected:

LibFunc>Kernel32,GetSystemDefaultLangID,nSysLanguage,
Gives
0: NSYSLANGUAGE=16385053 <array>

How can I interpret the OS language from this?

[rullbandspelare]

Here is my findings:

Use this to get the OS language

RegistryReadKey>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,\system\controlset001\control\nls\language,Installlanguage,TheLanguage