Re: confusing result from Win32::GetACP()


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Re: confusing result from Win32::GetACP()

by Corion (Patriarch)

on Aug 20, 2025 at 14:03 UTC ( [id://11166065]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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On two random Windows 11 machines in cmd.exe, with Perl 5.26 or Perl 5.40.0, I get:

> perl -MWin32 -E "say Win32::GetACP()"
1252

> chcp
Aktive Codepage: 850
[download]

I guess this is what you expect?

Maybe this has something to do with the environment you're launching cmd.exe in? In my case this was Windows Terminal, but I'm unsure whether that matters.

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Re^2: confusing result from Win32::GetACP()
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Aug 20, 2025 at 14:18 UTC

Those two code pages are unrelated.

A Windows process's code pages:

Code Page Use
GetACP() "A" Windows API functions
Only used by file APIs if AreFileApisANSI() is true.
GetOEMCP() ?
Used by file APIs if AreFileApisANSI() is false.
GetConsoleCP() For (keyboard) input of console apps
GetConsoleOutputCP() For (displayed) output of console apps

Update: Added the second section.

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