NLGETLANG

Syntax

  I16                   I16V      U16A
  langnum := NLGETLANG (langtype, error);

Functional Return

langnum

16-bit signed integer (assigned functional return)

Returns the language ID number of the current user, data, or system. If an error occurs, langnum returns a value of 0 (NATIVE3000/XL).

Parameters

langtype

16-bit signed integer by value (required)

Contains the function number indicating which type of language ID number is returned. The possible values are:

Value	Meaning
1	The user-interface language; specifies the language used for communication between the program and user
2	The data language; determines how the subsystem performs various language-dependent data manipulation functions (for example, sorting, upshifting)
3	The system default language

error

16-bit unsigned integer array (required)

Returns two elements: the first element is the error number; the second element is reserved and always returns 0. The possible error number values are:

Value	Meaning
0	Successful
1	NLS not installed
2	Found language requested, but not configured on system
3	Invalid langtype value
4	No language specified

Operation Notes

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