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Setting new country with SetLocaleInfo

Hello, I am trying to set a new country using SetLocaleInfo() but it's not cooperating. Here's the code:

#include "windows.h"
#include "stdio.h"

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
      BOOL sli;
      LCID US = GetUserDefaultLCID();
      sli = SetLocaleInfo(US, LOCALE_ICOUNTRY, "613\0");
      if(sli != 0){
            puts("Should have changed the localeInfo...");
      }
      else{
            printf("There was a problem...", GetLastError());
      }
      return 0;
}

GetLastError() doesn't return any value so I'm not sure what the problem is -- thank you

esotericRa

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Oops, Sorry, I'm still sleeping and forgot to add the %d in printf() , it's returning back 1004 error which means "Invalid Flags"

Not sure what to do with that

any help would be great

jkr

You forgot the format specifier in the 'printf()' statement, make that

printf("There was a problem... %d", GetLastError());

and you'll get

There was a problem... 1004

which refers to

//
// MessageId: ERROR_INVALID_FLAGS
//
// MessageText:
//
// Invalid flags.
//
#define ERROR_INVALID_FLAGS 1004L

jkr

BTW, as for the last parameter, the docs state "The information must be in the specified LCTYPE's particular format.". The values listed there do not include 'LOCALE_ICOUNTRY', see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms776312(VS.85).aspx ("SetLocaleInfo")

esotericRa

ASKER

Ah, OK I tried it with SCURRENCY and it worked fine...

do you know of a way to change ICOUNTRY

would changing the GeoID change ICOUNTRY ?

jkr

Sorry, not that way. This value seems to be a 'read-only' property: http://search.microsoft.com/results.aspx?q=LOCALE_ICOUNTRY

esotericRa

ASKER

Ah I see. Is there any possible way? If not I'll just reward you the points

jkr

Well, that value pretty much means nothing at all, so why should MS offer a way to change it. It represents jut the info that you enter when installing Windows - you can as well install a french Windows in the US and vice versa. 'SetThreadLocale()' (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms776285(VS.85).aspx) changes locale specific settings for the calling thread.

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esotericRa

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Thanks I'll go with that