GlobalizationPreferences

Globalization preferences sample

This sample demonstrates how to use the Windows.System.UserProfile.GlobalizationPreferences class to obtain the user's globalization preferences. In addition, it shows how to use the GeographicRegion and Language classes in the Windows.Globalization namespace in order to display language and geographic region characteristics..

Several user preferences related to globalization settings are available in the Windows.System.UserProfile namespace. The GlobalizationPreferences class provides specific methods for accessing the following user preferences:

• Language list (Languages).
• Geographic region (HomeGeographicRegion).
• Calendar system and settings (Calendars).
• Clock (Clocks).
• First day of the week (WeekStartsOn).

The GeographicRegion class also enables the caller to obtain details about a given geographic region or language.

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Related topics

Samples

• Calendar sample
• DateTimeFormatting sample
• NumberFormatting sample

Reference

• Windows.System.UserProfile namespace
• Windows.System.UserProfile.GlobalizationPreferences class
• Windows.Globalization namespace
• Windows.Globalization.Calendar
• Windows.Globalization.GeographicRegion class
• Windows.Globalization.Language class

System requirements

Client: Windows 10

Server: Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview

Phone: Windows 10

Build the sample

1. If you download the samples ZIP, be sure to unzip the entire archive, not just the folder with the sample you want to build.
2. Start Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 and select File > Open > Project/Solution.
3. Starting in the folder where you unzipped the samples, go to the Samples subfolder, then the subfolder for this specific sample, then the subfolder for your preferred language (C++, C#, or JavaScript). Double-click the Visual Studio 2015 Solution (.sln) file.
4. Press Ctrl+Shift+B, or select Build > Build Solution.

Run the sample

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Deploying the sample

• Select Build > Deploy Solution.

Deploying and running the sample

• To debug the sample and then run it, press F5 or select Debug > Start Debugging. To run the sample without debugging, press Ctrl+F5 or select Debug > Start Without Debugging.