OL2002: Available Values for the "InternetCodePage" Property (287946)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook 2002
This article was previously published under Q287946

SUMMARY

This article provides a list of values you can use with the InternetCodePage property in the Outlook object model.

MORE INFORMATION

The following table lists the values that are supported by the InternetCodePage property. 

Name                              Character Set   Code Page
-----------------------------------------------------------
Arabic (ISO)                      iso-8859-6      28596
Arabic (Windows)                  windows-1256    1256
Baltic (ISO)                      iso-8859-4      28594
Baltic (Windows)                  windows-1257    1257
Central European (ISO)            iso-8859-2      28592
Central European (Windows)        windows-1250    1250
Chinese Simplified (GB2312)       gb2312          936
Chinese Simplified (HZ)           hz-gb-2312      52936
Chinese Traditional (Big5)        big5            950
Cyrillic (ISO)                    iso-8859-5      28595
Cyrillic (KOI8-R)                 koi8-r          20866
Cyrillic (KOI8-U)                 koi8-u          21866
Cyrillic (Windows)                windows-1251    1251
Greek (ISO)                       iso-8859-7      28597
Greek (Windows)                   windows-1253    1253
Hebrew (ISO-Logical)              iso-8859-8-i    38598
Hebrew (Windows)                  windows-1255    1255
Japanese (EUC)                    euc-jp          51932
Japanese (JIS)                    iso-2022-jp     50220
Japanese (JIS-Allow 1 byte Kana)  csISO2022JP     50221
Japanese (Shift-JIS)              iso-2022-jp     932
Korean                            ks_c_5601-1987  949
Korean (EUC)                      euc-kr          51949
Latin 3 (ISO)                     iso-8859-3      28593
Latin 9 (ISO)                     iso-8859-15     28605
Thai (Windows)                    windows-874     874
Turkish (ISO)                     iso-8859-9      28599
Turkish (Windows)                 windows-1254    1254
Unicode (UTF-7)                   utf-7           65000
Unicode (UTF-8)                   utf-8           65001
US-ASCII                          us-ascii        20127
Vietnamese (Windows)              windows-1258    1258
Western European (ISO)            iso-8859-1      28591
Western European (Windows)        Windows-1252    1252

IMPORTANT: Outlook supports sending and receiving mail in these code pages only if the operating system has the appropriate national language support (NLS) files for the code page conversion that is installed.

Default Outlook Code Pages

This section provides information about the code pages Microsoft recommends that you use for the best compatibility with older mail systems. Outlook uses these code pages as default outbound encodings. To see the default encoding for your particular configuration:
  1. In Outlook, click Options on the Tools menu.
  2. Click the Mail Format tab.
  3. Click International Options.
  4. View the setting for Preferred encoding for outgoing messages.
The following table lists the code pages Microsoft recommends that you use for the best compatibility with older mail systems. 

Name                         Character Set   Code Page
------------------------------------------------------
US-ASCII                     us-ascii        20127
Western European (ISO)       iso-8859-1      28591
Central European (ISO)       iso-8859-2      28592
Cyrillic (KOI8-R)            koi8-r          20866
Cyrillic (Windows)           windows-1251    1251
Turkish (ISO)                iso-8859-9      28599	   
Greek (ISO)                  iso-8859-7      28597	   
Baltic (ISO)                 iso-8859-4      28594	   
Hebrew (Windows)             windows-1255    1255	   
Arabic (Windows)             windows-1256    1256	   
Thai (Windows)               windows-874     874	   
Vietnamese (Windows)         windows-1258    1258	   
Japanese (JIS)               iso-2022-jp     50220	   
Chinese Simplified (GB2312)  gb2312          936	   
Korean                       ks_c_5601-1987  949	   
Chinese Traditional (Big5)   big5            950	   
Unicode (UTF-8)              utf-8           65001

REFERENCES

For additional information about developing solutions with NLS, see the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/intl/nls_19f8.asp?frame=true

For additional information about available resources and answersto commonly asked questions about Microsoft Outlook solutions, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

287530 OL2002: Questions About Custom Forms and Outlook Solutions

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:3/1/2004
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