MAKELCID

The MAKELCID macro creates a locale identifier from a language identifier.

DWORD MAKELCID(
  WORD wLanguageID,  // language identifier
  WORD wSortID       // sorting identifier
);

Parameters

wLanguageID

Specifies the language identifier. This parameter is a combination of a primary language identifier and a sublanguage identifier and is usually created by using the MAKELANGID macro.

wSortID

Specifies the sort identifier. The following sort identifiers are defined.

Value	Meaning
SORT_CHINESE_BIG5	Specifies Chinese BIG5 order.
SORT_CHINESE_BOPOMOFO	Specifies traditional Chinese Bopomofo order.
SORT_CHINESE_PRC	Specifies PRC Chinese Stroke Count order.
SORT_CHINESE_PRCP	Specifies PRC Chinese Phonetic order
SORT_CHINESE_UNICODE	Specifies Chinese Unicode order.
SORT_DEFAULT	Specifies the default sort.
SORT_GEORGIAN_MODERN	Specifies Georgian Modern order.
SORT_GEORGIAN_TRADITIONAL	Specifies Georgian Traditional order.
SORT_GERMAN_PHONE_BOOK	Specifies German Phone Book order.
SORT_HUNGARIAN_DEFAULT	Specifies Hungarian Default order.
SORT_HUNGARIAN_TECHNICAL	Specifies Hungarian Technical order.
SORT_JAPANESE_XJIS	Specifies Japanese XJIS order.
SORT_JAPANESE_UNICODE	Specifies Japanese Unicode order.
SORT_KOREAN_KSC	Specifies Korean KSC order.
SORT_KOREAN_UNICODE	Specifies Korean Unicode order.

Return Values

The return value is a locale identifier.

Requirements

  Windows NT/2000: Requires Windows NT 3.1 or later.
  Windows 95/98: Requires Windows 95 or later.
  Header: Declared in Winnt.h; include Windows.h.

See Also

National Language Support Overview, National Language Support Macros, LANGIDFROMLCID, MAKELANGID, SORTIDFROMLCID