SORTIDFROMLCID

The SORTIDFROMLCID macro retrieves a sort identifier from a locale identifier. 

WORD SORTIDFROMLCID(
  LCID lcid  // locale identifier
);

Parameters

lcid
Specifies the locale identifier. This parameter may have been created by using the MAKELCID macro.

Return Values

The return value is a 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.

Remarks

The SORTIDFROMLCID macro is defined as follows: 

#define SORTIDFROMLCID(lcid) \ 
          ((WORD  )((((DWORD)(lcid)) & NLS_VALID_LOCALE_MASK) >> 16))

QuickInfo

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

See Also

National Language Support Overview, National Language Support Macros, MAKELANGID, MAKELCID, PRIMARYLANGID, SUBLANGID