How do I get the CurrentUICulture in my Office AddIn to match Windows?

[David Thielen]

Hi;

I used the Control Panel to change my copy of XP to be German instead
of English. When I run Office my Addin reports German for
CurrentCulture but remains English for CurrentUICulture.

I also changed Word to make the default German - still comes up
English.

Any ideas?

thanks - dave

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[\Ji Zhou [MSFT]\]

Hello Dave,

As you already find, changing the Location and Language Format in the
control panel will only change the CurrentCulture of CultureInfo class. To
change the default CurrentUICulture, we need to install the corresponding
language MUI firstly. And then, in the Windows XP, we can follow this link
to set the default UI language for a user. See the section of Windows XP:
How to change the Default User UI Language,
http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/reference/win2k/setup/changeUI.mspx

For a detailed discussion about the difference of the CurrentCulture and
the CurrentUICulture, please visit
http://blogs.msdn.com/ddietric/archive/2008/02/05/yacvcp-yet-another-current
culture-vs-currentuiculture-post.aspx

Have a nice day!


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[David Thielen]

Hi;

Ok, I installed the Office 2007 MUI and set Word to use German. (I am
running on US Windows XP because we can't get the MUI for XP.) So Word
is runnign in German - but the CurrentUICulture is still set to
English.

Do I need to query something in Office when my AddIn starts to then
set the CurrentUICulture to match Office? Because if Windows and
Office disagree on the UI culture, I think the AddIn should match
Office.

thanks - dave

Hello Dave,

As you already find, changing the Location and Language Format in the
control panel will only change the CurrentCulture of CultureInfo class. To
change the default CurrentUICulture, we need to install the corresponding
language MUI firstly. And then, in the Windows XP, we can follow this link
to set the default UI language for a user. See the section of Windows XP:
How to change the Default User UI Language,
http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/reference/win2k/setup/changeUI.mspx

For a detailed discussion about the difference of the CurrentCulture and
the CurrentUICulture, please visit
http://blogs.msdn.com/ddietric/archive/2008/02/05/yacvcp-yet-another-current
culture-vs-currentuiculture-post.aspx

Have a nice day!


Best regards,
Ji Zhou ([email protected], remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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[Tony Jollans]

In Word, Application.Language (or
Application.LanguageSettings.LanguageID(msoLanguageIDUI)) returns the Office
UI language.

 

[David Thielen]

Works great - thanks

ps - I assume the place to do this is in OnConnection.

In Word, Application.Language (or
Application.LanguageSettings.LanguageID(msoLanguageIDUI)) returns the Office
UI language.

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[David Thielen]

Spoke too soon - for Excel & PPT it only has LanguageSettings and that
wants a MsoAppLanguageID - what do I pass for that ID as I think that
sets the language - and I need to get the language in use.

thanks - dave

In Word, Application.Language (or
Application.LanguageSettings.LanguageID(msoLanguageIDUI)) returns the Office
UI language.

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[Cindy M.]

Hi David,

I used the Control Panel to change my copy of XP to be German instead
of English. When I run Office my Addin reports German for
CurrentCulture but remains English for CurrentUICulture.

I also changed Word to make the default German - still comes up
English.

Which version of Office is this, and what more exactly are you trying
to accomplish (why do you need the information)?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Tony Jollans]

Caught out by that integrated suite again :-( That looks like a problem, one
to which I have no answer; sorry.

 

[David Thielen]

Hi;

Lets say a user is running on the English version of Windows but is
running Office in German. In that case I want my AddIn to be in German
- to match office. So I need to set the CurrentUICulture to match that
of Office.

thanks - dave

Hi David,

Which version of Office is this, and what more exactly are you trying
to accomplish (why do you need the information)?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Cindy M.]

Hi David,

Lets say a user is running on the English version of Windows but is
running Office in German. In that case I want my AddIn to be in German
- to match office. So I need to set the CurrentUICulture to match that
of Office.

Right. My question crossed with your discussion with Ji and Tony. (Off-
line reader, and I forgot to hit "send" before closing down that day.)

Spoke too soon - for Excel & PPT it only has LanguageSettings and that
wants a MsoAppLanguageID - what do I pass for that ID as I think that
sets the language - and I need to get the language in use.

This appears to be what you need. It returns the msoLanguageID (such as
1033) the user is seeing.

Application.LanguageSettings.LanguageID
(Office.MsoAppLanguageId.msoLanguageIDUI)

Here's the entire Enum listing from the Office 2007 Help:

msoLanguageIDExeMode 4 Execution mode language.
msoLanguageIDHelp 3 Help language.
msoLanguageIDInstall 1 Install language.
msoLanguageIDUI 2 User interface language.
msoLanguageIDUIPrevious 5 User interface language used prior to the
current user interface language.


Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[David Thielen]

Fantastic - thanks - dave

Hi David,

Right. My question crossed with your discussion with Ji and Tony. (Off-
line reader, and I forgot to hit "send" before closing down that day.)

This appears to be what you need. It returns the msoLanguageID (such as
1033) the user is seeing.

Application.LanguageSettings.LanguageID
(Office.MsoAppLanguageId.msoLanguageIDUI)

Here's the entire Enum listing from the Office 2007 Help:

msoLanguageIDExeMode 4 Execution mode language.
msoLanguageIDHelp 3 Help language.
msoLanguageIDInstall 1 Install language.
msoLanguageIDUI 2 User interface language.
msoLanguageIDUIPrevious 5 User interface language used prior to the
current user interface language.


Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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