PA_GetUserCharSet

version 2003

PA_GetUserCharSet PA_CharSet

Parameter	Type		Description
This command does not require any parameters
Function result	PA_CharSet		Used charset

The PA_GetUserCharSet command returns the charset used for the string and text parameters of 4D Plugin API commands. By default, this command will return eCS_Macintosh on Macintosh, and eCS_Ansi on Windows. The charset can be set using PA_UseMacCharacters and PA_UseAnsiCharacters.

Read the current charset, set it to Ansi and restore it if needed

      ` 
   PA_CharSet charset;

   charset = PA_GetUserCharSet();
   PA_UseAnsiCharacters();
   /* do anything using Ansi strings */
   if ( charset == eCS_Macintosh )
      PA_UseMacCharacters();

PA_UseAnsiCharacters, PA_UseMacCharacters.