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Usage at a Glance
• This property is read-only.
• This property is only valid in non-server applications.
Related Framework Entries
• Microsoft.VisualBasic.Devices.Keyboard.CapsLock Property
See Also
Keyboard Object, NumLock Property, ScrollLock Property
ChangeCulture Method
Location
My.Application.ChangeCulture
Syntax
My.Application.ChangeCulture(cultureName)
cultureName (required; String)
The name of the culture to use. This parameter includes a two-letter lowercase
language code, optionally followed by a hyphen and a two-letter uppercase
country or region code. These codes are defined as ISO standards. For instance,
the culture for the English language with no specified region is “
en,” while English
in the United States is defined as “
en-US.” Setting this parameter to the empty
string (“”) indicates the default “invariant” culture. See the System.Globalization.
CultureInfo Class entry in the Visual Studio documentation for a full listing of all
possible culture name values.
Description
The ChangeCulture method modifies the active culture settings used by the active
thread to format and manage certain display elements. The culture setting controls the
formatting of dates, times, numbers, currency values, letter casing, and the sorting and
comparison of text ...