User Guide

Locale (mx.lang.Locale) 735

getDefaultLang (Locale.getDefaultLang method)

public static getDefaultLang() : String

The default language code as set in the Strings panel dialog box or by calling the

setDefaultLang() method.

Availability: ActionScript 2.0; Flash Player 8

Returns

String - Returns the default language code.

Example

The following example creates a variable called

defLang, which is used to hold the initial

default language for the Flash document. You click the Settings button in the Strings panel to

launch the Settings dialog box. Then you add two active languages: English (en) and French

(fr), set the replace strings radio control to

"via ActionScript at runtime", and click OK.

In the Strings panel, you add a string ID of IDS_GREETING, and then add text for each

active language.

import mx.lang.Locale;

var defLang:String = "fr";

Locale.setDefaultLang(defLang);

Locale.setLoadCallback(localeCallback);

Locale.loadLanguageXML(Locale.getDefaultLang());

function localeCallback(success:Boolean) {

if (success) {

trace(Locale.stringIDArray); // IDS_GREETING

trace(Locale.loadString("IDS_GREETING"));

} else {

trace("unable to load XML");

}