DosSetProcCp

This call allows a process to set its code page.

DosSetProcCp

(CodePage, Reserved)

CodePage (USHORT) - input

Code page identifier word that has one of the following values:

Value

Definition
437
IBM PC US 437 code page
850
Multilingual code page
860
Portuguese code page
863
Canadian-French code page
865
Nordic code page.
Reserved (USHORT) - input
Reserved must be set to zero.
rc (USHORT) - return
Return code description is:
• NO_ERROR 472
  ERROR_INVALID_CODEPAGE
  Remarks

  DosSetProcCp sets the process code page of the calling process. The code page of a process is used in the following ways. First, the printer code page is set to the process code page through the file system and printer spooler when the process makes an open printer request. Calling DosSetProcCp does not affect the code page of a printer opened prior to the call and does not affect the code page of a printer opened by another process. Second, country dependent information, by default, is retrieved encoded in the code page of the calling process. And third, a newly created process inherits its process code page from its parent process. DosSetProcCp does not affect the display or keyboard code page. Also see DosSetCp.

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