tibems_SetCodePages()


Function

C Declaration

tibems_status tibems_SetCodePages( 
    char* host_codepage, 
    char* net_codepage); 

COBOL Call

CALL "tibems_SetCodePages" 
     USING BY REFERENCE host-codepage, 
           BY REFERENCE net-codepage, 
              RETURNING TIBEMS-STATUS 
END-CALL. 

Purpose

Set code pages for string conversion on EBCDIC platforms (when non-default code pages are required).

String Conversion

EMS software uses the operating system’s iconv() call to automatically convert strings within messages. Conversion occurs only as needed:

Remarks

This call sets the host and network code pages for string conversions in EBCDIC environments.

Call this function when the system code pages differ from the EMS default code pages (see the table of Default Code Pages). Throughout an enterprise, all sending and receiving programs must use the same code pages.

Both arguments are string names of code pages. To determine valid code page names for your operating system, see documentation from the operating system vendor.

Programs may call this function at most once. The call must precede the first call to any message function, and the arrival of the first message from the network.

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Parameter
Description
host_codepage
Set this code page as the native (EBCDIC) character encoding for the host computer.
net_codepage
Set this code page as the ASCII or UTF-8 character set for the network.

Default Code Pages

To use a default code page, programs may supply NULL for either parameter. Using the default code pages in both parameter positions has the same effect as not calling this function at all.

Default Host Code Page
Default Network Code Page
"IBM-1047"
"ISO8859-1"

See Also

Strings and Character Encodings


TIBCO Enterprise Message Service™ C and COBOL Reference
System Release 4.3, February 2006
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