• In ANSI: ANSI character string.
  • If the destination character set is not specified, the string is converted to ANSI using the current character set.
  • If the destination character set is specified, the string is converted to ANSI using the specified character set.
• In Unicode: UNICODE character string with the result of the conversion. The destination character set is ignored.
• EOT if conversion problems occurred.

String to convert.

This string is an ANSI string in UTF-8 format.

This parameter corresponds to a buffer containing a UTF-8 string. The result will be an Unicode string with the result of the conversion.

Character set that will be used to create the string. By default, this parameter corresponds to the current character set (specified with ChangeCharset).

charsetAnsi	Roman characters in ANSI standard
charsetArabic	Arabic characters
charsetBaltic	Baltic characters
charsetChinese	Chinese characters (People's Republic of China)
charsetCurrent (Default value)	Uses the current character set specified with ChangeCharset (charsetOccidental by default)
charsetDefault	Uses the computer's default character set. No character set is forced. Only this value is available.
charsetEastEurope	Eastern Europe characters (Polish, etc.)
charsetGreek	Greek characters
charsetHebrew	Hebrew characters
charsetJapanese	Japanese characters
charsetKorean	Korean characters
charsetRussian	Russian characters
charsetThai	Thai characters
charsetTraditionalChinese	Traditional Chinese characters (Republic of Taiwan)
charsetTurkish	Turkish characters
charsetUTF8	Used to manage UTF-8 (used in XML, for example).
charsetVietnamese	Vietnamese characters

This parameter is not available.