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 chcp(CMD)                       19 June 1992                       chcp(CMD)


 Name

    chcp - display the number of the active code page

 Syntax


    chcp [nnn]

    To display the number of the active code page, use the following syntax:

    chcp


 Parameter


    nnn     Specifies the prepared system code pages defined by the
            country(CMD) command in the CONFIG.SYS file.  The following list
            shows each code page that MS-DOS supports and its country or lan-
            guage:

                 437  United States

                 850  Multilingual (Latin I)

                 852  Slavic (Latin II)

                 860  Portuguese

                 863  Canadian-French

                 865  Nordic


 Notes


    Requirements for using the chcp command

    Before you can use the chcp command, you must specify the location of the
    COUNTRY.SYS file by using the country command and load the nlsfunc pro-
    gram into memory.

    Assigning a new code page

    After you assign a new code page, any program you start uses that new
    code page.  However, any program (not including COMMAND.COM) that you
    started before assigning the new code page will probably attempt to use
    the original code page.

 Examples

    To view the active code-page setting, type the following command:

       chcp


    MS-DOS responds with a message similar to the following:

       Active code page: 437


    To change the active code page to 850 (Multilingual), type the following
    command:

       chcp 850


    MS-DOS alerts you if the specified code page has not been prepared for
    your system.  The following error message appears:

       Invalid code page


    If a device (screen, keyboard, printer) is not prepared for a code page,
    MS-DOS displays an error message in the following format:

       Code page 850 not prepared for device nnn


 Related commands

    For more information about code pages, see the country(CMD),
    nlsfunc(CMD), device(CMD), and mode(CMD) (set device code pages) com-
    mands.