LanguageSettings
Returns information about the language settings in a Microsoft Office application.
Using the LanguageSettings Object
Use Application.LanguageSettings.LanguageID(MsoAppLanguageID ), where MsoAppLanguageID is a constant used to return locale identifier (LCID) information to the specified application.
| MsoAppLanguageID can be one of these MsoAppLanguageID constants. |
| msoLanguageIDExeMode |
| msoLanguageIDHelp |
| msoLanguageIDInstall |
| msoLanguageIDUI |
| msoLanguageIDUIPrevious |
The following example returns the install language, user interface language, and Help language LCIDs in a message box.
MsgBox "The following locale IDs are registered " & _
"for this application: Install Language - " & _
Application.LanguageSettings.LanguageID(msoLanguageIDInstall) & _
" User Interface Language - " & _
Application.LanguageSettings.LanguageID(msoLanguageIDUI) & _
" Help Language - " & _
Application.LanguageSettings.LanguageID(msoLanguageIDHelp)
Use Application.LanguageSettings.LanguagePreferredForEditing to determine which LCIDs are registered as preferred editing languages for the application, as in the following example.
If Application.LanguageSettings. _
LanguagePreferredForEditing(msoLanguageIDEnglishUS) Then
MsgBox "U.S. English is one of the chosen editing languagess."
End If