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How can I get the default code page for a locale? – The Old New Thing

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/06/20

Ask GetLocaleInfo (example function GetAnsiCodePageForLocale included): [WayBack] How can I get the default code page for a locale? – The Old New Thing

UINT GetAnsiCodePageForLocale(LCID lcid)
{
  UINT acp;
  int sizeInChars = sizeof(acp) / sizeof(TCHAR);
  if (GetLocaleInfo(lcid,
                    LOCALE_IDEFAULTANSICODEPAGE |
                    LOCALE_RETURN_NUMBER,
                    reinterpret_cast<LPTSTR>(&acp),
                    sizeInChars) != sizeInChars) {
    // Oops - something went wrong
  }
  return acp;
}

And even though you didn’t ask, you can use LOCALE_IDEFAULT­CODE­PAGE to get the OEM code page for a locale.

Bonus gotcha: There are a number of locales that are Unicode-only. If you ask the Get­Locale­Info function and ask for their ANSI and OEM code pages, the answer is “Um, I don’t have one.” (You get zero back.)

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–jeroen

This entry was posted on 2017/06/20 at 12:00 and is filed under Development, Encoding, internatiolanization (i18n) and localization (l10), Software Development, The Old New Thing, Windows Development, Windows-1252. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “How can I get the default code page for a locale? – The Old New Thing”

  1. ruurd's avatar

    ruurd said

    2017/06/20 at 13:48

    Just fuck it. If it ain’t UTF-8 then crawl back in your cave until you can think straight again. Codepages are The Wrong Thing(TM)

    Reply

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