INFO: GetKBCodePage Returns Different Value Than GetOEMCP

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

Last Reviewed: January 16, 1998