GB18030 Data Converter (Windows CE 5.0)
GB18030-2000 is a new Chinese character encoding standard set by the People's Republic of China. The standard contains many characters and has new conformance requirements for desktop operating systems.
As an embedded operating system, Windows CE is not currently required to adhere to the new standard.
To support developers whose target device includes scenarios that access Web content or receive content from desktop operating systems, Windows CE provides a GB18030 data converter that converts GB18030-based content to a native encoding that the operating system is able to display. The support only provides display of the converted content. No support is provided for edits or saves in the GB18030 encoding format. Windows CE does not provide a font that covers the full range of GB18030 standard characters or other pieces that may be required to fully comply with the GB18030 standard.
The following Windows CE applications are enabled to work with the GB18030 converter:
- Internet Explorer 5.5 and later for Microsoft Windows CE
- Inbox
For this release, WordPad is not enabled to work with the data converter.
The GB18030 data converter uses code page identifier 54936. If you want to enable your application to use this converter, you must explicitly call MultiByteToWideChar and WideCharToMultiByte.
See Also
GB18030 Text Converter Registry Settings | Programming with Unicode and NLS | Language Identifiers and Locales | MultiByteToWideChar | WideCharToMultiByte
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