HB_LANGSELECT()

Select a specific nation message module

Syntax

HB_LANGSELECT(<cNewLang>) --> cOldLang

Arguments

<cNewLang> The ID of the country language module The possible values for <cNewLang> is below as is defined in the Lang library,sorted by language.

<cNewLang>	Language	Codepage
EU	Basque	850
CS852	Czech	852
CSISO	Czech	ISO-8859-2
CSKAM	Czech	KAM
CA	Catalan	850
EN	English	437
FR	French	850
GL	Galician	850
DE	German	850
HE862	Hebrew	862
HEWIN	Hebrew	1255
HU852	Hungarian	852
HUCWI	Hungarian	CWI-2
HUWIN	Hungarian	Windows-1
IS85	Icelandic	850
IT	Italian	437
KR	Korean	949
PL852	Polish	852
PLISO	Polish	ISO-8859-1
PLMAZ	Polish	Mozowia
PT	Portuguese	850
RO	Romanian	852
SRISO	Serbian	ISO-8859-2
SR852	Serbian	852
ES	Spanish	850

Returns

<cOldLang> The old language indentifier

Description

This function set a default language module for date/month names, internal warnigs,NatMsg messages and internal errors. When a Lang ID is selected all messages will be output as the current lang selected until another one is selected or the program ends.

      REQUEST HB_LANG_PT
      REQUEST HB_LANG_RO
      REQUEST HB_LANG_ES
      FUNCTION MAIN()
      HB_LANGSELECT('PT')       // Default language is now Portuguese
      ? CDOW(DATE()) //Segunda-feira
      ? 'Old language id selected is ",HB_LANGSELECT()   // PT
      HB_LANGSELECT('RO')       // Default language is now Romanian
      ? CMONTH(DATE()) // Mai
      ? 'Old language id selected is ",HB_LANGSELECT()   // RO
      HB_LANGSELECT('ES')       // Default language is now Romanian
      ? CMONTH(DATE()) //       Mayo
      ? CDOW(DATE()) //  Lunes

    Return nil
Tests
      See tests/langapi.prg

Status

Ready

Compliance

This function is a Harbour Extension.

Platforms

Dos,Win32,OS/2

Files

Libraty is rtl

See Also

• HB_LANGNAME()
• NATIONMSG()