How can i determine the Windows display language using Visual Basic?

To determine the Windows display language using Visual Basic, you can use the GetUserDefaultUILanguage function from the kernel32 library. This function retrieves the user's default language setting in Windows.

Here's a simple example of how to get the display language using Visual Basic:

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Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices



Public Class Form1



    ' Import the GetUserDefaultUILanguage function from kernel32.dll

    <DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet:=CharSet.Auto)>

    Private Shared Function GetUserDefaultUILanguage() As UInteger

    End Function



    Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

        ' Call the GetUserDefaultUILanguage function to get the display language

        Dim languageId As UInteger = GetUserDefaultUILanguage()



        ' Display the language ID in a message box (for example, 1033 for English, 1036 for French, etc.)

        MessageBox.Show("Display Language ID: " & languageId.ToString())

    End Sub

End Class

When you run the program and click the button, it will display the language ID corresponding to the Windows display language. You can use this language ID to map it to the actual language name if needed.

Note: The GetUserDefaultUILanguage function returns a language identifier as an integer. To determine the specific language name, you may need to use a lookup table or mapping to convert the language ID to the corresponding language name. There are third-party libraries and APIs available for language translation and identification if you need more detailed language information.