PointCardRW.CharacterSet Property

The character set for printing characters.

Namespace: Microsoft.PointOfService
Assembly: Microsoft.PointOfService (in microsoft.pointofservice.dll)

Usage

'Usage
Dim pointCardRW1 As PointCardRW

Dim returnValue As Integer
returnValue = pointCardRW1.CharacterSet

Dim sampleValue As Integer
pointCardRW1.CharacterSet = sampleValue

Syntax

'Declaration
Public MustOverride Property CharacterSet() As Integer

public abstract int CharacterSet {get; set;}

public: property virtual Int32 CharacterSet{
    Int32 get();
    Void set(Int32);
}

public abstract int get_CharacterSet();
public abstract void set_CharacterSet(int);

public abstract function get CharacterSet() : int;
public abstract function set CharacterSet(int);

Remarks

CharacterSet is typically initialized to Ascii. It should then be updated by the service object based on the capabilities of the device.

Values are:

Value	Meaning
Range 101 - 199	Device-specific character sets that do not match a code page or the ASCII or Windows ANSI character sets.
Range 400 - 990	Code page; matches one of the standard values.
Unicode	The character set supports UNICODE.
Ascii	The ASCII character set, supporting the ASCII characters between 0x20 and 0x7F. The value of this constant is 998.
Windows	The Windows ANSI character set. The value of this constant is 999. This is exactly equivalent to the Windows code page 1252.
Range 1000 and higher	Windows code page; matches one of the standard values.

Accessing CharacterSet can throw the following exception:

Value	Meaning
Illegal	An invalid property value was used.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003, Windows Longhorn, and Windows 2000

Target Platforms

See Also

Reference

PointCardRW Class
PointCardRW Members
Microsoft.PointOfService Namespace
CharacterSetList