5.15 CODEPAGE (Codepage conversion table)
5.15.1 Function
This parameter specifies the codepage conversion table used for the ASCII / EBCDIC translation. If no
codepage is given the environment variable HERCULES_CP will be inspected. The default codepage
used is “DEFAULT”.
5.15.2 Syntax
Descriptive
codepage cmd [operands]
Diagram
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operands
5.15.3 Parameter
DEFAULT
“DEFAULT” specifies the traditional Hercules codepage.
codepage
Specifies the codepage conversion table used for ASCII / EBCDIC translation.
Supported codepage mappings are shown in the table below. Iconv single byte
codepages may also be used (e.g. “UTF8/EBCDIC-CP-NL”).
USER
This specifies that the user specific codepage conversion tables (see CPUPDT
system parameter and console command) have to be activated.
MAINT
MAINT and its arguments is the same as the CP_UPDT system parameter. Please
see CP_UPDT for details.
Supported codepage mappings:
Mapping
ASCII
EBCDIC
437/037
437 PC United States
037 United States/Canada
437/500
437 PC United States
500 Latin 1
437/1047
437 PC United States
1047 Open Systems Latin 1
819/037
819 ISO-8859-1 Latin 1
037 United States/Canada