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Function _conGetCharSet() Foundation

Checks if the character set of the current thread is of type OEM or ANSI.

Syntax
ULONG XPPAPIENTRY _conGetCharSet()
Return

This function returns one of the values defined in COLLAT.CH.

Description

The function _conGetCharSet() is used to query the type of the current thread's character set. It returns a value as defined in COLLAT.CH. If the thread's character set is of type OEM, CHARSET_OEM is returned. In case the character set is of type ANSI, CHARSET_ANSI is returned.

Examples
#include <windows.h> 

#include "xppdef.h" 
#include "xpppar.h" 
#include "xppcon.h" 

#include "collat.ch" 

XPPRET XPPENTRY MyCAPIFunction(XppParamList paramList) 
{ 
ContainerHandle chCollation; 

ULONG ulCollationType = _conGetCharSet(); 

switch( ulCollationType ) 
{ case CHARSET_ANSI: 
       chCollation = _conPutC( NULLCONTAINER, "ANSI collation type" ); 
       break; 
  case CHARSET_OEM: 
       chCollation = _conPutC( NULLCONTAINER, "OEM collation type" ); 
       break; 
  default: 
       chCollation = _conPutC( NULLCONTAINER, "Unknown collation type" ); 
} 

_conReturn( paramList, chCollation ); 

_conRelease( chCollation ); 
}
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