INFO: Code Page Information Stored in Byte 29 of Table Header (111322)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 3.0
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 5.0
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 6.0
- Microsoft FoxPro for Windows 2.5a
- Microsoft FoxPro for Windows 2.5b
- Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS 2.5a
- Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS 2.5b
- Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh 2.5b
This article was previously published under Q111322 SUMMARY
Code page information is stored in byte 29 of the header of a database
(table) file (.DBF).
NOTE: The first byte in the header of a database is referred to as 0 byte.
If the first byte if referred to as 1, then the code page is 30.
MORE INFORMATION
The program CPZERO.PRG is automatically installed in your main FoxPro
directory in FoxPro version 2.x. In Visual FoxPro, the CPZERO.PRG
program is located in the VFP\TOOLS\CPZERO directory. CPZERO.PRG is
provided to reset a table's code page to zero. To see an example of
how to modify a table's code page, view the contents of CPZERO.PRG.
Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 3/3/2005 |
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Keywords: | kbinfo KB111322 |
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