INFO: SetConsoleOutputCP Only Effective with Unicode Fonts (99795)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API), when used with:
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT 3.51
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows XP
This article was previously published under Q99795 SUMMARY
SetConsoleOutputCP() changes the displaying of extended characters in a
console window only if the current font is a fixed-pitch Unicode font. It
does not effect the displaying of extended characters of the console font
named "Raster Font."
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SetConsoleOutputCP() is designed to change the mapping of the 256 8-bit
character values into the glyph set of a fixed-pitch Unicode font, rather
than loading a separate, non-Unicode font for each call to
SetConsoleOutputCP(). For Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP the currently available Unicode console font is the Lucida Console TrueType font.
To demonstrate SetConsoleOutputCP(), implement a console application that
calls this API. After a successful return from this function, call printf
to display characters of ASCII value greater than 127.
The Win32 Platform SDK also ships with a Sample called
CONSOLE in the \samples\WinUI\Console\Console directory that demonstrates the use
of the SetConsoleOutputCP() API.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 4/9/2004 |
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| Keywords: | kbAPI kbConsole kbinfo kbKernBase kbProgramming KB99795 |
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