Topic: determining Language pack in use

[poupou11]

With Autocad 2013, language pack can be set using for example '/Language "fr-FR"' in the shortcut properties to make Autocad independent of the installed version

In such case, Is there a way to determine within a .net application which current language pack has been loaded with the Autocad session ?

With past version of Autocad, I was using the value of the variable "ROAMABLEROOTPREFIX" to determine whether it was a french or an english version of Autocad running, but it's no longer possible as the value of this variable seems to be fully dependant of the language version of the installed Autocad, not the loaded language pack.

Thanks.

[BlackBox]

Perhaps this will help... If using .NET 3.5 or earlier:

Code - C#: [Select]

1.  
2. using Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices;
3. using Autodesk.AutoCAD.Interop;
4.  
5. namespace Foo
6. {
7.     class Bar
8.     {
9.         public string GetMainDictionary_Example()
10.         {
11.             AcadApplication _AcAppCom = Application.AcadApplication as AcadApplication;
12.            
13.             if (_AcAppCom != null)
14.             {
15.                 return _AcAppCom.Preferences.Files.MainDictionary;
16.             }
17.  
18.             return "";
19.         }
20.     }
21. }
22.  

If using .NET 4.0 or later, see this thread for info on dynamic type.

[gile]

Hi,

This is the way I use:

Code - C#: [Select]

1. bool isFrench = AcAp.GetSystemVariable("LOCALROOTPREFIX").ToString().EndsWith("fra\\");

[BlackBox]

Hi,

This is the way I use:

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1. bool isFrench = AcAp.GetSystemVariable("LOCALROOTPREFIX").ToString().EndsWith("fra\\");

Much less overhead; thanks, Gile! 

[BlackBox]

Perhaps one could use LOCALE system variable as an alternative?

[gile]

Perhaps one could use LOCALE system variable as an alternative?

No the LOCALE sysvar returns the OS (Windows) language.

[BlackBox]

Perhaps one could use LOCALE system variable as an alternative?

No the LOCALE sysvar returns the OS (Windows) language.

Understood; thanks.

[poupou11]

Thanks for your suggestions ....

about using MainDIctionary ... this can be change by the user in the working profile, so it doesn't reflect language pack in use

about LOCALROOTPREFIX, I've to check on that one, because when I install an English language pack on a french version of Autocad 2013, Autocad was still pointing to the  french support files directory (ROAMABLEROOTPREFIX keeps its original value, whatever the starting language is), so I was getting English interface and commands at the prompt but french menu and ribbons, I'd to edit the support files path by changing the location of the support files... so more to come on that one as soon I can get an hold on the test PC.

[poupou11]

Unfortunately,  LOCALROOTPREFIX has the same behaviour as ROAMABLEROOTPREFIX, it keeps pointing on the initial support directory (when Autocad is1st fired up) and doesn't change afterwards, whatever language pack is used.

the '/language "fr-FR"' is handled at start up time, but it's true that we cannot switch language within a Autocad session, so, may be, the Autodesk people have not seen any reason to assign this switch to a system variable.

[huiz]

You can look at the results of System.Environment.GetCommandLineArgs()

This will give a list of strings of all the command switches.

[poupou11]

Perfect !!! it's doing the job
Thanks for the solution.

You can look at the results of System.Environment.GetCommandLineArgs()

This will give a list of strings of all the command switches.