GetConsoleCP function
Retrieves the input code page used by the console associated with the calling process. A console uses its input code page to translate keyboard input into the corresponding character value.
Syntax
UINT WINAPI GetConsoleCP(void);
Parameters
This function has no parameters.
Return value
The return value is a code that identifies the code page. For a list of identifiers, see Code Page Identifiers.
If the return value is zero, the function has failed. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.
Remarks
A code page maps 256 character codes to individual characters. Different code pages include different special characters, typically customized for a language or a group of languages. To retrieve more information about a code page, including it's name, see the GetCPInfoEx function.
To set a console's input code page, use the SetConsoleCP function. To set and query a console's output code page, use the SetConsoleOutputCP and GetConsoleOutputCP functions.
Requirements
| Minimum supported client | Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only] |
| Minimum supported server | Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only] |
| Header | ConsoleApi.h (via WinCon.h, include Windows.h) |
| Library | Kernel32.lib |
| DLL | Kernel32.dll |