Encoding Object

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• Description
• Properties
  • Codepage read-only, IEncoding
  • LittleEndian read-only, IEncoding
  • Name read-only, IEncoding
  • PersistentName read-only, IEncoding
  • UsesByteOrderMarker read-only, IEncoding

Description

This object represents an encoding that can be used when opening or saving text files. Encoding objects are created by the Encodings Object.

Properties

Codepage read-only, IEncoding

The Windows code page represented by the encoding. UCS-2LE is 1200, UCS2-BE is 1201, and EUC-JP is 51932.

IDL	[propget] HRESULT Codepage([out, retval] long* pValue)
.NET	Int32 Codepage[get]

LittleEndian read-only, IEncoding

Specifies whether the encoding object represents little endian UCS-2.

IDL	[propget] HRESULT LittleEndian([out, retval] VARIANT_BOOL* pValue)
.NET	Boolean LittleEndian[get]

Name read-only, IEncoding

A descriptive name for the encoding.

IDL	[propget] HRESULT Name([out, retval] BSTR* pValue)
.NET	String Name[get]

PersistentName read-only, IEncoding

A persistable name for the encoding. This is used by the csDefaultEncoding string preference.

IDL	[propget] HRESULT PersistentName([out, retval] BSTR* pValue)
.NET	String PersistentName[get]

UsesByteOrderMarker read-only, IEncoding

Specifies whether the encoding will write a byte order marker at the start of files saved using the encoding.

IDL	[propget] HRESULT UsesByteOrderMarker([out, retval] VARIANT_BOOL* pValue)
.NET	Boolean UsesByteOrderMarker[get]