DelphiBasics GetLocaleFormatSettings Procedure Gets locale values for thread-safe functions SysUtils unit

procedure GetLocaleFormatSettings(LCID Integer; var FormatSettings TFormatSettings);

Description The GetLocaleFormatSettings procedure gets the LCID Windows locale global variable values into a TFormatSettings record.   This record is used by the thread-safe versions of a number of data conversion functions - it must be furnished using this function before the conversion function is invoked. Related commands CurrToStrF Convert a currency value to a string with formatting DateTimeToStr Converts TDateTime date and time values to a string FloatToStrF Convert a floating point value to a string with formatting Format Rich formatting of numbers and text into a string TFormatSettings A record for holding locale values for thread-safe functions  Download this web site as a Windows program.

Example code : Use of the format settings record var   formatSettings : TFormatSettings; begin   // Furnish the locale format settings record   GetLocaleFormatSettings(LOCALE_SYSTEM_DEFAULT, formatSettings);   // And use it in the thread safe form of CurrToStrF   ShowMessage('1234.56 formats as = '+               CurrToStrF(1234.56, ffCurrency, 4, formatSettings)); end; Show full unit code   1234.56 formats as ?1,234.5600

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