chcp

  chcp [nnn]

Options

  nnn
  Change to this code page.

      437  US
      850  Multi (Latin I)
      852  Slavic (Latin II)
      860  Portuguese
      863  Canadian-French
      865  Nordic

Usage

   1. specify the location of COUNTRY.SYS with the country command
   2. load the NLSFunc program (using install.)
   3. use chcp at any time to change the code page.

Notes

If no code page is specified, the current code page is displayed.

Any program that started before the new code page was assigned may continue to use the original code page. (This excludes COMMAND.COM, which will be aware of code page changes.)

See Also