GetOEMCP info Overview Group

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.

The return value is the current OEM code-page identifier for the system or a default identifier if no code page is current.

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)