DosSetProcCp

Bindings:  C, MASM 

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: 

    0         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.