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INFO: GetKBCodePage Returns Different Value Than GetOEMCP

Article ID: 175391

Article Last Modified on 7/11/2005


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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.

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