MifDataSet.CodePage Property
Gets or sets the code page to use for string attributes.
Thread safety: This property is not thread-safe. Show
Syntax
public System.Int32 CodePage { get; set; }Property Value
Type: System.Int32
Default: 0
The code page that strings, in the data, are encoded in.
Default: 0
The code page that strings, in the data, are encoded in.
This property can only be modified before the dataset has been initialized. Attempting to modify it after initialization will cause an exception to be thrown.
Remarks
Carmenta Engine uses Unicode strings internally, while MIF files store string attributes as 8-bit characters. This property is used to inform Carmenta Engine about the code page used in the data files, so that they can be properly converted to Unicode.
A few common code pages are mentioned in the table below:
Code page | Description |
|---|---|
437 | DOSLatinUS |
850 | DOSLatin1 |
852 | DOSLatin2 |
855 | DOSCyrillic |
866 | DOSCyrillicRussian |
874 | DOSThai |
1250 | WinLatin2 |
1251 | WinLatinCyrillic |
1252 | WinLatin1 |
1257 | WinBaltic |
65001 | UTF-8 |
If the code page is not specified, the current code page of the executing thread is used.
Platforms
Windows, Linux, Android