DBF File Encoding

The code page of a DBF file can accept one of the following values:

Windows Encodings:

• 874 Thai Windows
• 932 Japanese Windows
• 936 Chinese (PRC, Singapore) Windows
• 949 Korean Windows
• 950 Chinese (Hong Kong SAR, Taiwan) Windows
• 1250 Eastern European Windows
• 1251 Russian Windows
• 1252 Windows ANSI
• 1253 Greek Windows
• 1254 Turkish Windows
• 1255 Hebrew Windows
• 1256 Arabic Windows

MS-DOS Encodings:

• 437 U.S. MS-DOS
• 620 Mazovia (Polish) MS-DOS
• 737 Greek MS-DOS (437G)
• 850 International MS-DOS
• 852 Eastern European MS-DOS
• 857 Turkish MS-DOS
• 861 Icelandic MS-DOS
• 865 Nordic MS-DOS
• 866 Russian MS-DOS
• 895 Kamenicky (Czech) MS-DOS

To set a new codepage for a DBF file, use the Set Code Page command.

You can also convert a DBF file to UTF-8 encoding (and vice versa, convert a UTF-8 DBF file to an ANSI DBF file).