INFO: Euro Symbol is not Supported in OEM Codepages (264158)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 98
This article was previously published under Q264158

SUMMARY

The CharToOem function fails when converting the euro symbol from a Microsoft Windows codepage to an OEM codepage. Most OEM codepages are filled before the emerging of the euro symbol, so they do not support the euro symbol. This is by design. Changing the OEM codepage might create a backward compatibility problem.

MORE INFORMATION

The euro symbol character is encoded in the Unicode Standard as U+20AC EURO SIGN. The euro symbol has been added to the following codepages at position '0x80':
  • 1250 Eastern European
  • 1252 Western
  • 1253 Greek
  • 1254 Turkish
  • 1257 Baltic
  • 1255 Hebrew
  • 1256 Arabic
  • 1258 Vietnamese
  • 874 Thai
NOTE: In 1251 Cyrillic the euro symbol will be added at position '0x88'.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:12/21/2004
Keywords:kbDSXGlobal2003Swept kbinfo kbLocalization kbNLS KB264158
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