This appendix consists of one table that lists API functions and supporting platforms. The Microsoft Win32 API includes a number of functions that return culturally and linguistically accurate information. This set of functions, described in Chapter 5, is called the NLSAPI. (NLS stands for National Language Support.)
Platform Support for the Win32 NLSAPI
| API Name | Win32s version 1.2 |
Windows NT 3.1 |
Windows NT 3.5 |
Windows 95 |
| CompareStringA | X | X | X | |
| CompareStringW | X | X | ||
| ConvertDefaultLocale | X | X | X | |
| EnumCalendarInfoA | X | X | X | |
| EnumCalendarInfoW | X | |||
| EnumDateFormatsA | X | X | X | |
| EnumDateFormatsW | X | |||
| EnumSystemCodePagesA | X | X | X | |
| EnumSystemCodePagesW | X | |||
| EnumSystemLocalesA | X | X | X | |
| EnumSystemLocalesW | X | |||
| EnumTimeFormatsA | X | X | X | |
| EnumTimeFormatsW | X | |||
| FoldStringA | X | X | ||
| FoldStringW | X | X | ||
| GetACP | X | X | X | X |
| GetConsoleCP | X | X | ||
| GetConsoleOutputCP | X | X | ||
| GetCPInfo | X | X | X | X |
| GetCurrencyFormatA | X | X | X | |
| GetCurrencyFormatW | X | |||
| GetDateFormatA | X | X | X | |
| GetDateFormatW | X | X | ||
| GetLocaleInfoA | X | X | X | |
| GetLocaleInfoW | X | X | ||
| GetNumberFormatA | X | X | X | |
| GetNumberFormatW | X | |||
| GetOEMCP | X | X | X | X |
| GetStringTypeA | X | X | X | |
| GetStringTypeExA | X | X | X | |
| GetStringTypeExW | X | |||
| GetStringTypeW | X | X | ||
| GetSystemDefaultLangID | X | X | X | X |
| GetSystemDefaultLCID | X | X | X | X |
| GetThreadLocale | X | X | X | |
| GetTimeFormatA | X | X | X | |
| GetTimeFormatW | X | X | ||
| GetUserDefaultLangID | X | X | X | X |
| GetUserDefaultLCID | X | X | X | X |
| IsDBCSLeadByte | X | X | X | X |
| IsDBCSLeadByteEx | X | X | ||
| IsValidCodePage | X | X | X | X |
| IsValidLocale | X | X | X | X |
| LCMapStringA | X | X | X | |
| LCMapStringW | X | X | ||
| MultiByteToWideChar | X | X | X | X |
| SetConsoleCP | X | X | ||
| SetConsoleOutputCP | X | X | ||
| SetLocaleInfoA | X | X | ||
| SetLocaleInfoW | X | X | ||
| SetThreadLocale | X | X | ||
| WideCharToMultiByte | X | X | X | X |