Top "Codepages" questions

Code page is another term for character encoding.

What is ANSI format?

What is ANSI encoding format? Is it a system default format? In what way does it differ from ASCII?

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How do I correct the character encoding of a file?

I have an ANSI encoded text file that should not have been encoded as ANSI as there were accented characters …

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How do you properly use WideCharToMultiByte

I've read the documentation on WideCharToMultiByte, but I'm stuck on this parameter: lpMultiByteStr [out] Pointer to a buffer that receives …

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Text was truncated or one or more characters had no match in the target code page When importing from Excel file

I have an excel file with four text columns: one of them is called ShortDescription which has the longest value. …

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Is codepage 65001 and utf-8 the same thing?

<%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" CODEPAGE="65001"%> <!--#include file="conn.asp"--> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//…

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python Convert Encoding:LookupError: unknown encoding: ansi

Because my cdv file is encoded as utf-8, opening it with Excel will cause distortion, and when I then convert …

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What characters do not directly map from Cp1252 to UTF-8?

I've read in several stackoverflow answers that some characters do not directly map (or are even "unmappable") when converting from …

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Running BAT/CMD file with accented characters in it

I have a Windows batch file which has an instruction to execute an EXE file in a location whose path …

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The encoding that Notepad++ just calls "ANSI", does anyone know what to call it for Ruby?

I have a bunch of .txt's that Notepad++ says (in its drop-down "Encoding" menu) are "ANSI". They have German characters …

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Change CodePage in CMD permanently?

My Windows cmd CodePage is now under 65001. Since I was doing some Android stuff and need to use console log, …

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