INFO: GetKBCodePage Returns Different Value Than GetOEMCP

Last reviewed: January 15, 1998
Article ID: Q175391

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK)
Microsoft Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK)

SUMMARY

Under Windows 95 Western European versions, the 16-bit function GetKBCodePage returns 437 ( MS-DOS Latin US code page), but the 32-bit function GetOEMCP returns 850 ( MS-DOS Latin 1 code page). This behavior is by design. There is no programmatic way to change it.

Keywords          : KBIntlDev
Platform          : WINDOWS winnt
Issue type        : kbinfo

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Last reviewed: January 15, 1998
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