Programmatically change the default code page in Windows XP? (from Delphi)
- by Duncan
Could anyone advise how to programmatically change the default Windows XP code page (I'm doing this from Delphi)? (This would be the equivalent of going into Control Panel - Regional Settings - Language for non-Unicode applications).
In this case, I want to switch to Chinese (PRC) and so am writing to the following registry strings:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\CodePage\
ACP=936
MACCP=10008
OEMCP=936
(Which is exactly what changing the non-Unicode codepage drop down in Control Panel does). There must be another setting which I need to change - and I'd prefer to use a Win API call (if available) rather than writing to the registry myself.
I've also tried setting
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\Language\
Default=0804 (Chinese PRC) to no avail.
I don't want to change the 'locale' per se as this will also change time / date settings, separators, etc. etc.
This is because I'm using an ANSI application that needs to render Chinese characters, and I'm writing a tool to automatically switch the system show the characters (while leaving other aspects of the UI intact).
Thanks!
Duncan