Determine active OS langguage

Trevor DeVore lists at mangomultimedia.com
Tue Oct 4 19:45:49 EDT 2005


On Oct 4, 2005, at 4:37 PM, Scott Rossi wrote:
> If you have XP available, you can do a lot of good localized  
> testing.  By
> using the Regional and Language Options control panel, you can  
> designate the
> machine to be of any country, and use different languages in the UI  
> (you may
> need to install font/language kits for some languages such as any  
> of the
> Asian or other double byte languages).  IIRC, you use the Regional  
> Options
> and Advanced tabs to give your system a new locale and language.   
> Note that
> you'll have to restart each time you make a change.  While not  
> identical to
> using true localized systems, this is a great way to test how your app
> responds under different language conditions.

Hmm, I will have to poke around some more.  I was able to change the  
keyboard input language but not the system language.  This is good to  
know though.


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Trevor DeVore
Blue Mango Multimedia
trevor at mangomultimedia.com





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