If I create a new Win32 Console project (unmanaged C++, Visual Studio 2005),
and add the following to the main program:
 // Add this above the main routine
 #include <windows.h>  // Add this at the top of the file

I have a desktop application that supports different languages via the
mechanism provided by the .Net Framework. I can choose the language when
starting the program or use the system language and all dialogs and
windows are displayed in the correct language. It worked fine for ...

I am working on internationalizing legacy VB component which was ported out to
VB.Net   This code base is very old and it does something no body recommends
in the data service component.  Changing the way it works is not an option
so no point discussing that here.  

I have an application that for now supports just two languages. Later
there will be more languages available. I need a way to check at runtime
what languages are available.
One quite time-consuming way would be to get all cultures and test for

Here is my problem, in the simplest scenario:
- an Access 2000 format database (created with Access 2003)
- a simple table that contains one single field defined as Number, Decimal,
18,2

In the control panel applet for Regional and Language Options, under
Regional Options, in  the Customize... dialog, Numbers tab, there is an
option for Display Leading Zeros. This is a setting related to a
particular culture ( which encapsulates a locale ID ) in dotnet, and a