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Get user language using GetUserDefaultLangID

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Inputs
integer return from GetUserDefaultLangID

Returns
language as string

API Declarations
GetUserDefaultLangID

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Private Declare Function GetUserDefaultLangID Lib "kernel32" () As Integer
Function GetLanguage(ByRef iLang_ID As Integer) As String
  Select Case iLang_ID
  Case &H0
  GetLanguage = "Language_Neutral"
  Case &H400
  GetLanguage = "Default Language"
  Case &H401, &H801, &HC01, &H1001, _
   &H1401, &H1801, &H1C01, &H2001, _
   &H2401, &H2801, &H2C01, &H3001, _
   &H3401, &H3801, &H3C01, 16385
  GetLanguage = "Araabic"
  Case &H402
  GetLanguage = "Bulgarian"
  Case &H403
  GetLanguage = "Catalan"
  Case &H404, &H804, &HC04, 4100
  GetLanguage = "Chinese"
  Case &H405
  GetLanguage = "Czech"
  Case &H406
  GetLanguage = "Danish"
  Case &H407, &H807, &HC07, &H1007, 5127
  GetLanguage = "German"
  Case &H408
  GetLanguage = "Greek"
  Case &H409, &H809, &HC09, &H1009, &H1409, &H1809, _
      &H1C09, &H2009, &H2409, &H2809, 11273
  GetLanguage = "English"
  Case &H40A, &H80A, &HC0A, &H100A, &H140A, &H180A, _
      &H1C0A, &H200A, &H240A, &H280A, &H2C0A, _
      &H300A, &H340A, &H380A, &H3C0A, &H400A, _
      &H440A, &H480A, &H4C0A, 2049
  GetLanguage = "Spanish"
  Case &H40B
  GetLanguage = "Finnish"
  Case &H40C, &H80C, &HC0C, &H100C, 5132
  GetLanguage = "French"
  Case &H40D
  GetLanguage = "Hebrew"
  Case &H40E
  GetLanguage = "Hungarian"
  Case &H40F
  GetLanguage = "Icelandic"
  Case &H410, 2064
  GetLanguage = "Italian"
  Case &H411
  GetLanguage = "Japanese"
  Case &H412, 2066
  GetLanguage = "Korean"
  Case &H413, 2067
  GetLanguage = "Dutch"
  Case &H414, 2068
  GetLanguage = "Norwegian"
  Case &H415
  GetLanguage = "Polish"
  Case &H416, 2070
  GetLanguage = "Portuguese"
  Case &H418
  GetLanguage = "Romanian"
  Case &H419
  GetLanguage = "Russian"
  Case &H41A
  GetLanguage = "Croatian"
  Case &H81A, 3098
  GetLanguage = "Serbian"
  Case &H41B
  GetLanguage = "Slovak"
  Case &H41C
  GetLanguage = "Albanian"
  Case &H41D, 2077
  GetLanguage = "Swedish"
  Case &H41E
  GetLanguage = "Thai"
  Case &H41F
  GetLanguage = "Turkish"
  Case &H421
  GetLanguage = "Indonesian"
  Case &H422
  GetLanguage = "Ukrainian"
  Case &H423
  GetLanguage = "Belarusian"
  Case &H424
  GetLanguage = "Slovenian"
  Case &H425
  GetLanguage = "Estonian"
  Case &H426
  GetLanguage = "Latvian"
  Case &H427
  GetLanguage = "Lithuanian"
  Case &H429
  GetLanguage = "Farsi"
  Case &H42A
  GetLanguage = "Vietnamese"
  Case &H42D
  GetLanguage = "Basque"
  Case &H436
  GetLanguage = "Afrikaans"
  Case &H438
  GetLanguage = "Faeroese"
  End Select
End Function
Private Sub Form_Load()
  Debug.Print GetLanguage(GetUserDefaultLangID)
End Sub