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VS2019 Unicode and MBCS setting

abc abc 351 Reputation points
2021-11-22T13:59:44.683+00:00

Hi,

VS2019 by default using Unicode UTF8, this will support all languages. If I select Portuguese, can I use this appliation only in the system which has english codepage ? Unicode UTF8 supports only wchar, if I select Portuguese can I use char? Whether all code pages will come under MBCS other than Unicode UTF8?
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  1. Minxin Yu 11,916 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2021-11-23T09:28:33.6+00:00

    Hi, @abc abc

    I'm afraid this can't be done. I tested to print 

    const char a = 'ê';  
string b = "português";

    in different unicode pages, and only the Portuguese version can be printed successfully.
    In Windows, "MBCS" only refers to character encodings that can be used with the "A" versions of the Windows API functions.
    For your reference: Difference between MBCS and UTF-8 on Windows.

    Best regards,

    Minxin Yu

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