From: Paul Clement on
On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:08:54 +0000, MM <kylix_is(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

� On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:54:50 -0600, Paul Clement
� <UseAdddressAtEndofMessage(a)swspectrum.com> wrote:

� >On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:31:01 +0000, MM <kylix_is(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
� >
� >� I was looking for a masked textbox for hex input and in the MSDN blurb
� >� on How to Create a Numeric Text Box (.Net, naturally, this being
� >� Microsoft) my eyes hit upon the following:
� >�
� >� Dim numberFormatInfo As NumberFormatInfo =
� >� System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.NumberFormat
� >�
� >� I mean, you REALLY have to allow that to sink in...
� >� System....
� >� ....Globalization....
� >� ....CultureInfo....
� >�
� >� ....CurrentCulture....
� >�
� >� ....NumberFormat
� >�
� >� Yeuch!
� >�
� >� MM
� >
� >So are you saying that you would rather write an extra five to ten lines of not as readable Windows
� >API code in Classic Visual Basic in order to retrieve this information?

� Why would I want to retrieve such information?

� I reckon in VB6 Dim i As Integer is usually a pretty good start.

� MM

I don't know, but it's there if you need regional settings information. Or, in your case it's a call
to GetLocaleInfo.


Paul
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Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)