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Supported character encoding

Character encoding options supported by the Append Line, Read Text File, and Write Text File activities in the System package.

The following activities feature the Encoding property:

Configuring the Encoding property​

To configure this property for the above activities, use the value from the Name field in the table below that corresponds with the character encoding type you want to use.

Code pageNameDisplay nameWindows - Legacy compatibility (NET 4.6.1)Windows / Cross-platform compatibility (.NET 6)
37IBM037IBM EBCDIC (US-Canada)✅✅
437IBM437OEM United States✅✅
500IBM500IBM EBCDIC (International)✅✅
708ASMO-708Arabic (ASMO 708)✅✅
720DOS-720Arabic (DOS)✅✅
737ibm737Greek (DOS)✅✅
775ibm775Baltic (DOS)✅✅
852ibm852Central European (DOS)✅✅
855IBM855OEM Cyrillic✅✅
857ibm857Turkish (DOS)✅✅
858IBM00858OEM Multilingual Latin I✅✅
860IBM860Portuguese (DOS)✅✅
861ibm861Icelandic (DOS)✅✅
862DOS-862Hebrew (DOS)✅✅
863IBM863French Canadian (DOS)✅✅
864IBM864Arabic (864)✅✅
865IBM865Nordic (DOS)✅✅
866cp866Cyrillic (DOS)✅✅
869ibm869Greek, Modern (DOS)✅✅
870IBM870IBM EBCDIC (Multilingual Latin-2)✅✅
874windows-874Thai (Windows)✅✅
875cp875IBM EBCDIC (Greek Modern)✅✅
932shift_jisJapanese (Shift-JIS)✅✅
936gb2312Chinese Simplified (GB2312)✅✅
949ks_c_5601-1987Korean✅✅
950big5Chinese Traditional (Big5)✅✅
1026IBM1026IBM EBCDIC (Turkish Latin-5)✅✅
1047IBM01047IBM Latin-1✅✅
1140IBM01140IBM EBCDIC (US-Canada-Euro)✅✅
1141IBM01141IBM EBCDIC (Germany-Euro)✅✅
1142IBM01142IBM EBCDIC (Denmark-Norway-Euro)✅✅
1143IBM01143IBM EBCDIC (Finland-Sweden-Euro)✅✅
1144IBM01144IBM EBCDIC (Italy-Euro)✅✅
1145IBM01145IBM EBCDIC (Spain-Euro)✅✅
1146IBM01146IBM EBCDIC (UK-Euro)✅✅
1147IBM01147IBM EBCDIC (France-Euro)✅✅
1148IBM01148IBM EBCDIC (International-Euro)✅✅
1149IBM01149IBM EBCDIC (Icelandic-Euro)✅✅
1200utf-16Unicode✅✅
1201unicodeFFFEUnicode (Big endian)✅✅
1250windows-1250Central European (Windows)✅✅
1251windows-1251Cyrillic (Windows)✅✅
1252Windows-1252Western European (Windows)✅✅
1253windows-1253Greek (Windows)✅✅
1254windows-1254Turkish (Windows)✅✅
1255windows-1255Hebrew (Windows)✅✅
1256windows-1256Arabic (Windows)✅✅
1257windows-1257Baltic (Windows)✅✅
1258windows-1258Vietnamese (Windows)✅✅
1361JohabKorean (Johab)✅✅
10000macintoshWestern European (Mac)✅✅
10001x-mac-japaneseJapanese (Mac)✅✅
10002x-mac-chinesetradChinese Traditional (Mac)✅✅
10003x-mac-koreanKorean (Mac)✅❌
10004x-mac-arabicArabic (Mac)✅✅
10005x-mac-hebrewHebrew (Mac)✅✅
10006x-mac-greekGreek (Mac)✅✅
10007x-mac-cyrillicCyrillic (Mac)✅✅
10008x-mac-chinesesimpChinese Simplified (Mac)✅❌
10010x-mac-romanianRomanian (Mac)✅✅
10017x-mac-ukrainianUkrainian (Mac)✅✅
10021x-mac-thaiThai (Mac)✅✅
10029x-mac-ceCentral European (Mac)✅✅
10079x-mac-icelandicIcelandic (Mac)✅✅
10081x-mac-turkishTurkish (Mac)✅✅
10082x-mac-croatianCroatian (Mac)✅✅
12000utf-32Unicode (UTF-32)✅✅
12001utf-32BEUnicode (UTF-32 Big endian)✅✅
20000x-Chinese-CNSChinese Traditional (CNS)✅✅
20001x-cp20001TCA Taiwan✅✅
20002x-Chinese-EtenChinese Traditional (Eten)✅✅
20003x-cp20003IBM5550 Taiwan✅✅
20004x-cp20004TeleText Taiwan✅✅
20005x-cp20005Wang Taiwan✅✅
20105x-IA5Western European (IA5)✅✅
20106x-IA5-GermanGerman (IA5)✅✅
20107x-IA5-SwedishSwedish (IA5)✅✅
20108x-IA5-NorwegianNorwegian (IA5)✅✅
20127us-asciiUS-ASCII✅✅
20261x-cp20261T.61✅✅
20269x-cp20269ISO-6937✅✅
20273IBM273IBM EBCDIC (Germany)✅✅
20277IBM277IBM EBCDIC (Denmark-Norway)✅✅
20278IBM278IBM EBCDIC (Finland-Sweden)✅✅
20280IBM280IBM EBCDIC (Italy)✅✅
20284IBM284IBM EBCDIC (Spain)✅✅
20285IBM285IBM EBCDIC (UK)✅✅
20290IBM290IBM EBCDIC (Japanese katakana)✅✅
20297IBM297IBM EBCDIC (France)✅✅
20420IBM420IBM EBCDIC (Arabic)✅✅
20423IBM423IBM EBCDIC (Greek)✅✅
20424IBM424IBM EBCDIC (Hebrew)✅✅
20833x-EBCDIC-KoreanExtendedIBM EBCDIC (Korean Extended)✅✅
20838IBM-ThaiIBM EBCDIC (Thai)✅✅
20866koi8-rCyrillic (KOI8-R)✅✅
20871IBM871IBM EBCDIC (Icelandic)✅✅
20880IBM880IBM EBCDIC (Cyrillic Russian)✅✅
20905IBM905IBM EBCDIC (Turkish)✅✅
20924IBM00924IBM Latin-1✅✅
20932EUC-JPJapanese (JIS 0208-1990 and 0212-1990)✅✅
20936x-cp20936Chinese Simplified (GB2312-80)✅✅
20949x-cp20949Korean Wansung✅✅
21025cp1025IBM EBCDIC (Cyrillic Serbian-Bulgarian)✅✅
21866koi8-uCyrillic (KOI8-U)✅✅
28591iso-8859-1Western European (ISO)✅✅
28592iso-8859-2Central European (ISO)✅✅
28593iso-8859-3Latin 3 (ISO)✅✅
28594iso-8859-4Baltic (ISO)✅✅
28595iso-8859-5Cyrillic (ISO)✅✅
28596iso-8859-6Arabic (ISO)✅✅
28597iso-8859-7Greek (ISO)✅✅
28598iso-8859-8Hebrew (ISO-Visual)✅✅
28599iso-8859-9Turkish (ISO)✅✅
28603iso-8859-13Estonian (ISO)✅✅
28605iso-8859-15Latin 9 (ISO)✅✅
29001x-EuropaEuropa✅✅
38598iso-8859-8-iHebrew (ISO-Logical)✅❌
50220iso-2022-jpJapanese (JIS)✅❌
50221csISO2022JPJapanese (JIS-Allow 1 byte Kana)✅❌
50222iso-2022-jpJapanese (JIS-Allow 1 byte Kana - SO/SI)✅✅
50225iso-2022-krKorean (ISO)✅❌
50227x-cp50227Chinese Simplified (ISO-2022)✅❌
51932euc-jpJapanese (EUC)✅✅
51936EUC-CNChinese Simplified (EUC)✅❌
51949euc-krKorean (EUC)✅❌
52936hz-gb-2312Chinese Simplified (HZ)✅❌
54936GB18030Chinese Simplified (GB18030)✅❌
57002x-iscii-deISCII Devanagari✅❌
57003x-iscii-beISCII Bengali✅❌
57004x-iscii-taISCII Tamil✅❌
57005x-iscii-teISCII Telugu✅❌
57006x-iscii-asISCII Assamese✅❌
57007x-iscii-orISCII Oriya✅❌
57008x-iscii-kaISCII Kannada✅❌
57009x-iscii-maISCII Malayalam✅❌
57010x-iscii-guISCII Gujarati✅❌
57011x-iscii-paISCII Punjabi✅❌
65000utf-7Unicode (UTF-7)✅❌
65001utf-8Unicode (UTF-8)✅✅
  • Configuring the Encoding property​

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