The GetOEMCP function retrieves the current OEM code-page identifier for the system. (OEM stands for original equipment manufacturer.)
UINT GetOEMCP(VOID)
Parameters
This function has no parameters.
Return Values
If the function succeeds, the return value is the current OEM code-page identifier for the system or a default identifier if no code page is current.
Remarks
Following are the OEM code-page identifiers:
| Identifier | Meaning |
| 437 | MS-DOS United States |
| 708 | Arabic (ASMO 708) |
| 709 | Arabic (ASMO 449+, BCON V4) |
| 710 | Arabic (Transparent Arabic) |
| 720 | Arabic (Transparent ASMO) |
| 737 | Greek (formerly 437G) |
| 775 | Baltic |
| 850 | MS-DOS Multilingual (Latin I) |
| 852 | MS-DOS Slavic (Latin II) |
| 855 | IBM Cyrillic (primarily Russian) |
| 857 | IBM Turkish |
| 860 | MS-DOS Portuguese |
| 861 | MS-DOS Icelandic |
| 862 | Hebrew |
| 863 | MS-DOS Canadian-French |
| 864 | Arabic |
| 865 | MS-DOS Nordic |
| 866 | MS-DOS Russian (former USSR) |
| 869 | IBM Modern Greek |
| 874 | Thai |
| 932 | Japan |
| 936 | Chinese (PRC, Singapore) |
| 949 | Korean |
| 950 | Chinese (Taiwan, Hong Kong) |
| 1361 | Korean (Johab) |
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