Is there a way to force the Delphi command line compiler to output English text?

Question

Delphi comes localized in various languages (English, Japanese, German, French I think). The command line compiler (dcc32) also has been localized so the German version writes "Fehler" rather than "Error" and "Warnung" rather than "Warning" to the console.

I have written a program that parses this output and (as one of its features) counts Errors and Warnings. This fails with the localized strings.

I could adapt the program to also detect the localized text but that feels wrong. I'd rather force the compiler to use English for its output. Is there a command line switch or any other option to do that?

I'd like to support all Delphi versions that use msbuild, that is >=2007.

EDIT:

As for reading the error code rather than the message, consider the following error:

C:\[...]\Borland.Delphi.Targets(113,3): error : blub.pas(56) Error: E2029 ',' expected but identifier 'bla' found

The error code is E2029 but it is rather difficult for a program to detect it. Detecting the text "Error: " is much simpler and less error prone.

Answer 1

I'd use a regular expression to parse these statements and grab the various pieces -- the error number in this case. (I realize a lot of folks hate regular expressions, but when you've got one or two format statements used to create all of the output following the exact same template, regex is perfect.)

Answer 2

As with most Delphi applications the used locale is set in the registry under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\Locales. Older versions may use HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Borland\Locales.