GetConsoleOutputCP
Windows
NT: The GetConsoleOutputCP
function returns the identity of the output code page used by the console
associated with the calling process. A console uses its output code page to
translate the character values written by the various output functions into the
images displayed in the console window.
Windows
95: On Japanese and Korean
implementations of Windows 95, the GetConsoleOutputCP function returns
the VM code page, because the OEM code page can be either 437 or DBCS. On all
other implementations of Windows 95, the GetConsoleOutputCP function
returns the OEM code page.
UINT GetConsoleOutputCP(VOID)
Parameters
This function
has no parameters.
Return Values
The return
value is a code that identifies the code page.
Remarks
A code page
maps 256 character codes to individual characters. Different code pages include
different special characters, typically customized for a language or a group of
languages.
To set a
console s output code page, use the SetConsoleOutputCP function. To set
and query a console s input code page, use the SetConsoleCP and GetConsoleCP
functions.
See Also