INFO: SetConsoleOutputCP Only Effective with Unicode Fonts

ID: Q99795

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API) included with: - Microsoft Windows NT versions 3.51, 4.0

SUMMARY

SetConsoleOutputCP() changes the displaying of extended characters in a console window only if the current font is a fixed-pitch Unicode font. It does not effect the displaying of extended characters of the console font named "Raster Font."

MORE INFORMATION

SetConsoleOutputCP() is designed to change the mapping of the 256 8-bit character values into the glyph set of a fixed-pitch Unicode font, rather than loading a separate, non-Unicode font for each call to SetConsoleOutputCP(). For Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0, the currently available Unicode console font is the Lucida Console TrueType font.

To demonstrate SetConsoleOutputCP(), implement a console application that calls this API. After a successful return from this function, call printf to display characters of ASCII value greater than 127.

The Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK) also ships with a Sample called CONSOLE in the \MSTOOLS\SAMPLES\WIN32 directory that demonstrates the use of SetConsoleOutputCP() API.

Additional query words: winnt codepage

Keywords          : kbprg kbConsole kbKernBase kbGrpKernBase 
Version           : 3.51 4.0
Platform          : NT WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: April 12, 1997