Encoding.GetEncodings Method (System.Text)

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GetEncodings Method

.NET Framework Class Library

Encoding..::.GetEncodings Method

Returns an array containing all encodings.

Namespace: System.Text
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Shared Function GetEncodings As EncodingInfo()

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim returnValue As EncodingInfo()

returnValue = Encoding.GetEncodings()

public static EncodingInfo[] GetEncodings()

Visual C++

public:
static array<EncodingInfo^>^ GetEncodings()

JScript

public static function GetEncodings() : EncodingInfo[]

Return Value

Type: array<System.Text..::.EncodingInfo>[]()[]
An array of type EncodingInfo containing all encodings.

Remarks

This method returns a list of supported encodings, uniquely distinguished by code page. However, some of the encodings are duplicates. For example, encodings 20932 and 51932 are identical, both associated with the name "euc-jp". If your application requests this name, .NET Framework returns encoding 51932. If the application removes one of these encodings from the lists that it makes, it should remove 20932.

Encodings 50220 and 50222 are both associated with the name "iso-2022-jp", but they are not completely identical. Encoding 50220 converts half-width katakana to full width, while encoding 50222 uses a shift-in/shift-out sequence to encode half-width katakana. The display name for encoding 50222 is "Japanese (JIS-Allow 1 byte Kana - SO/SI)" to distinguish it from 50220 with the display name "Japanese (JIS)".

If your application requests the encoding name "iso-2022-jp", .NET Framework returns encoding 50220. The encoding that your application prefers, however, depends on the preferred treatment of the half-width katakana.

To get a specific encoding, your application should use the GetEncoding method.

GetEncodings is sometimes used to present the user with a list of encodings with the Save as function. Consider having your application use UTF-8 or Unicode (UTF-16) as the default. Most of the other encodings are either incomplete and translate many characters to "?", or have subtly different behavior on different platforms. Non-Unicode encodings are often ambiguous and applications end up guessing for an appropriate encoding and presenting correction dropdown menus for the user to use in fixing the text language or encoding.

Examples

The following code example checks the values of the Boolean properties of each encoding.

Visual Basic

Imports System
Imports System.Text

Public Class SamplesEncoding   

   Public Shared Sub Main()

      ' Print the header.
      Console.Write("CodePage identifier and name     ")
      Console.Write("BrDisp   BrSave   ")
      Console.Write("MNDisp   MNSave   ")
      Console.WriteLine("1-Byte   ReadOnly ")

      ' For every encoding, get the property values.
      Dim ei As EncodingInfo
      For Each ei In  Encoding.GetEncodings()
         Dim e As Encoding = ei.GetEncoding()

         Console.Write("{0,-6} {1,-25} ", ei.CodePage, ei.Name)
         Console.Write("{0,-8} {1,-8} ", e.IsBrowserDisplay, e.IsBrowserSave)
         Console.Write("{0,-8} {1,-8} ", e.IsMailNewsDisplay, e.IsMailNewsSave)
         Console.WriteLine("{0,-8} {1,-8} ", e.IsSingleByte, e.IsReadOnly)
      Next ei

   End Sub 'Main 

End Class 'SamplesEncoding


'This code produces the following output.
'
'CodePage identifier and name     BrDisp   BrSave   MNDisp   MNSave   1-Byte   ReadOnly 
'37     IBM037                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
'437    IBM437                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
'500    IBM500                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
'708    ASMO-708                  True     True     False    False    True     True     
'720    DOS-720                   True     True     False    False    True     True     
'737    ibm737                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
'775    ibm775                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
'850    ibm850                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
'852    ibm852                    True     True     False    False    True     True     
'855    IBM855                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
'857    ibm857                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
'858    IBM00858                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
'860    IBM860                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
'861    ibm861                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
'862    DOS-862                   True     True     False    False    True     True     
'863    IBM863                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
'864    IBM864                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
'865    IBM865                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
'866    cp866                     True     True     False    False    True     True     
'869    ibm869                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
'870    IBM870                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
'874    windows-874               True     True     True     True     True     True     
'875    cp875                     False    False    False    False    True     True     
'932    shift_jis                 True     True     True     True     False    True     
'936    gb2312                    True     True     True     True     False    True     
'949    ks_c_5601-1987            True     True     True     True     False    True     
'950    big5                      True     True     True     True     False    True     
'1026   IBM1026                   False    False    False    False    True     True     
'1047   IBM01047                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
'1140   IBM01140                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
'1141   IBM01141                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
'1142   IBM01142                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
'1143   IBM01143                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
'1144   IBM01144                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
'1145   IBM01145                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
'1146   IBM01146                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
'1147   IBM01147                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
'1148   IBM01148                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
'1149   IBM01149                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
'1200   utf-16                    False    True     False    False    False    True     
'1201   unicodeFFFE               False    False    False    False    False    True     
'1250   windows-1250              True     True     True     True     True     True     
'1251   windows-1251              True     True     True     True     True     True     
'1252   Windows-1252              True     True     True     True     True     True     
'1253   windows-1253              True     True     True     True     True     True     
'1254   windows-1254              True     True     True     True     True     True     
'1255   windows-1255              True     True     True     True     True     True     
'1256   windows-1256              True     True     True     True     True     True     
'1257   windows-1257              True     True     True     True     True     True     
'1258   windows-1258              True     True     True     True     True     True     
'1361   Johab                     False    False    False    False    False    True     
'10000  macintosh                 False    False    False    False    True     True     
'10001  x-mac-japanese            False    False    False    False    False    True     
'10002  x-mac-chinesetrad         False    False    False    False    False    True     
'10003  x-mac-korean              False    False    False    False    False    True     
'10004  x-mac-arabic              False    False    False    False    True     True     
'10005  x-mac-hebrew              False    False    False    False    True     True     
'10006  x-mac-greek               False    False    False    False    True     True     
'10007  x-mac-cyrillic            False    False    False    False    True     True     
'10008  x-mac-chinesesimp         False    False    False    False    False    True     
'10010  x-mac-romanian            False    False    False    False    True     True     
'10017  x-mac-ukrainian           False    False    False    False    True     True     
'10021  x-mac-thai                False    False    False    False    True     True     
'10029  x-mac-ce                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
'10079  x-mac-icelandic           False    False    False    False    True     True     
'10081  x-mac-turkish             False    False    False    False    True     True     
'10082  x-mac-croatian            False    False    False    False    True     True     
'12000  utf-32                    False    False    False    False    False    True     
'12001  utf-32BE                  False    False    False    False    False    True     
'20000  x-Chinese-CNS             False    False    False    False    False    True     
'20001  x-cp20001                 False    False    False    False    False    True     
'20002  x-Chinese-Eten            False    False    False    False    False    True     
'20003  x-cp20003                 False    False    False    False    False    True     
'20004  x-cp20004                 False    False    False    False    False    True     
'20005  x-cp20005                 False    False    False    False    False    True     
'20105  x-IA5                     False    False    False    False    True     True     
'20106  x-IA5-German              False    False    False    False    True     True     
'20107  x-IA5-Swedish             False    False    False    False    True     True     
'20108  x-IA5-Norwegian           False    False    False    False    True     True     
'20127  us-ascii                  False    False    True     True     True     True     
'20261  x-cp20261                 False    False    False    False    False    True     
'20269  x-cp20269                 False    False    False    False    True     True     
'20273  IBM273                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
'20277  IBM277                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
'20278  IBM278                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
'20280  IBM280                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
'20284  IBM284                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
'20285  IBM285                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
'20290  IBM290                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
'20297  IBM297                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
'20420  IBM420                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
'20423  IBM423                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
'20424  IBM424                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
'20833  x-EBCDIC-KoreanExtended   False    False    False    False    True     True     
'20838  IBM-Thai                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
'20866  koi8-r                    True     True     True     True     True     True     
'20871  IBM871                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
'20880  IBM880                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
'20905  IBM905                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
'20924  IBM00924                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
'20932  EUC-JP                    False    False    False    False    False    True     
'20936  x-cp20936                 False    False    False    False    False    True     
'20949  x-cp20949                 False    False    False    False    False    True     
'21025  cp1025                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
'21866  koi8-u                    True     True     True     True     True     True     
'28591  iso-8859-1                True     True     True     True     True     True     
'28592  iso-8859-2                True     True     True     True     True     True     
'28593  iso-8859-3                False    False    True     True     True     True     
'28594  iso-8859-4                True     True     True     True     True     True     
'28595  iso-8859-5                True     True     True     True     True     True     
'28596  iso-8859-6                True     True     True     True     True     True     
'28597  iso-8859-7                True     True     True     True     True     True     
'28598  iso-8859-8                True     True     False    False    True     True     
'28599  iso-8859-9                True     True     True     True     True     True     
'28603  iso-8859-13               False    False    True     True     True     True     
'28605  iso-8859-15               False    True     True     True     True     True     
'29001  x-Europa                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
'38598  iso-8859-8-i              True     True     True     True     True     True     
'50220  iso-2022-jp               False    False    True     True     False    True     
'50221  csISO2022JP               False    True     True     True     False    True     
'50222  iso-2022-jp               False    False    False    False    False    True     
'50225  iso-2022-kr               False    False    True     False    False    True     
'50227  x-cp50227                 False    False    False    False    False    True     
'51932  euc-jp                    True     True     True     True     False    True     
'51936  EUC-CN                    False    False    False    False    False    True     
'51949  euc-kr                    False    False    True     True     False    True     
'52936  hz-gb-2312                True     True     True     True     False    True     
'54936  GB18030                   True     True     True     True     False    True     
'57002  x-iscii-de                False    False    False    False    False    True     
'57003  x-iscii-be                False    False    False    False    False    True     
'57004  x-iscii-ta                False    False    False    False    False    True     
'57005  x-iscii-te                False    False    False    False    False    True     
'57006  x-iscii-as                False    False    False    False    False    True     
'57007  x-iscii-or                False    False    False    False    False    True     
'57008  x-iscii-ka                False    False    False    False    False    True     
'57009  x-iscii-ma                False    False    False    False    False    True     
'57010  x-iscii-gu                False    False    False    False    False    True     
'57011  x-iscii-pa                False    False    False    False    False    True     
'65000  utf-7                     False    False    True     True     False    True     
'65001  utf-8                     True     True     True     True     False    True     
'

using System;
using System.Text;

public class SamplesEncoding  {

   public static void Main()  {

      // Print the header.
      Console.Write( "CodePage identifier and name     " );
      Console.Write( "BrDisp   BrSave   " );
      Console.Write( "MNDisp   MNSave   " );
      Console.WriteLine( "1-Byte   ReadOnly " );

      // For every encoding, get the property values.
      foreach( EncodingInfo ei in Encoding.GetEncodings() )  {
         Encoding e = ei.GetEncoding();

         Console.Write( "{0,-6} {1,-25} ", ei.CodePage, ei.Name );
         Console.Write( "{0,-8} {1,-8} ", e.IsBrowserDisplay, e.IsBrowserSave );
         Console.Write( "{0,-8} {1,-8} ", e.IsMailNewsDisplay, e.IsMailNewsSave );
         Console.WriteLine( "{0,-8} {1,-8} ", e.IsSingleByte, e.IsReadOnly );
      }

   }

}


/* 
This code produces the following output.

CodePage identifier and name     BrDisp   BrSave   MNDisp   MNSave   1-Byte   ReadOnly 
37     IBM037                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
437    IBM437                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
500    IBM500                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
708    ASMO-708                  True     True     False    False    True     True     
720    DOS-720                   True     True     False    False    True     True     
737    ibm737                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
775    ibm775                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
850    ibm850                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
852    ibm852                    True     True     False    False    True     True     
855    IBM855                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
857    ibm857                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
858    IBM00858                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
860    IBM860                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
861    ibm861                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
862    DOS-862                   True     True     False    False    True     True     
863    IBM863                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
864    IBM864                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
865    IBM865                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
866    cp866                     True     True     False    False    True     True     
869    ibm869                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
870    IBM870                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
874    windows-874               True     True     True     True     True     True     
875    cp875                     False    False    False    False    True     True     
932    shift_jis                 True     True     True     True     False    True     
936    gb2312                    True     True     True     True     False    True     
949    ks_c_5601-1987            True     True     True     True     False    True     
950    big5                      True     True     True     True     False    True     
1026   IBM1026                   False    False    False    False    True     True     
1047   IBM01047                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
1140   IBM01140                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
1141   IBM01141                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
1142   IBM01142                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
1143   IBM01143                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
1144   IBM01144                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
1145   IBM01145                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
1146   IBM01146                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
1147   IBM01147                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
1148   IBM01148                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
1149   IBM01149                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
1200   utf-16                    False    True     False    False    False    True     
1201   unicodeFFFE               False    False    False    False    False    True     
1250   windows-1250              True     True     True     True     True     True     
1251   windows-1251              True     True     True     True     True     True     
1252   Windows-1252              True     True     True     True     True     True     
1253   windows-1253              True     True     True     True     True     True     
1254   windows-1254              True     True     True     True     True     True     
1255   windows-1255              True     True     True     True     True     True     
1256   windows-1256              True     True     True     True     True     True     
1257   windows-1257              True     True     True     True     True     True     
1258   windows-1258              True     True     True     True     True     True     
1361   Johab                     False    False    False    False    False    True     
10000  macintosh                 False    False    False    False    True     True     
10001  x-mac-japanese            False    False    False    False    False    True     
10002  x-mac-chinesetrad         False    False    False    False    False    True     
10003  x-mac-korean              False    False    False    False    False    True     
10004  x-mac-arabic              False    False    False    False    True     True     
10005  x-mac-hebrew              False    False    False    False    True     True     
10006  x-mac-greek               False    False    False    False    True     True     
10007  x-mac-cyrillic            False    False    False    False    True     True     
10008  x-mac-chinesesimp         False    False    False    False    False    True     
10010  x-mac-romanian            False    False    False    False    True     True     
10017  x-mac-ukrainian           False    False    False    False    True     True     
10021  x-mac-thai                False    False    False    False    True     True     
10029  x-mac-ce                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
10079  x-mac-icelandic           False    False    False    False    True     True     
10081  x-mac-turkish             False    False    False    False    True     True     
10082  x-mac-croatian            False    False    False    False    True     True     
12000  utf-32                    False    False    False    False    False    True     
12001  utf-32BE                  False    False    False    False    False    True     
20000  x-Chinese-CNS             False    False    False    False    False    True     
20001  x-cp20001                 False    False    False    False    False    True     
20002  x-Chinese-Eten            False    False    False    False    False    True     
20003  x-cp20003                 False    False    False    False    False    True     
20004  x-cp20004                 False    False    False    False    False    True     
20005  x-cp20005                 False    False    False    False    False    True     
20105  x-IA5                     False    False    False    False    True     True     
20106  x-IA5-German              False    False    False    False    True     True     
20107  x-IA5-Swedish             False    False    False    False    True     True     
20108  x-IA5-Norwegian           False    False    False    False    True     True     
20127  us-ascii                  False    False    True     True     True     True     
20261  x-cp20261                 False    False    False    False    False    True     
20269  x-cp20269                 False    False    False    False    True     True     
20273  IBM273                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
20277  IBM277                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
20278  IBM278                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
20280  IBM280                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
20284  IBM284                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
20285  IBM285                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
20290  IBM290                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
20297  IBM297                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
20420  IBM420                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
20423  IBM423                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
20424  IBM424                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
20833  x-EBCDIC-KoreanExtended   False    False    False    False    True     True     
20838  IBM-Thai                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
20866  koi8-r                    True     True     True     True     True     True     
20871  IBM871                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
20880  IBM880                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
20905  IBM905                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
20924  IBM00924                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
20932  EUC-JP                    False    False    False    False    False    True     
20936  x-cp20936                 False    False    False    False    False    True     
20949  x-cp20949                 False    False    False    False    False    True     
21025  cp1025                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
21866  koi8-u                    True     True     True     True     True     True     
28591  iso-8859-1                True     True     True     True     True     True     
28592  iso-8859-2                True     True     True     True     True     True     
28593  iso-8859-3                False    False    True     True     True     True     
28594  iso-8859-4                True     True     True     True     True     True     
28595  iso-8859-5                True     True     True     True     True     True     
28596  iso-8859-6                True     True     True     True     True     True     
28597  iso-8859-7                True     True     True     True     True     True     
28598  iso-8859-8                True     True     False    False    True     True     
28599  iso-8859-9                True     True     True     True     True     True     
28603  iso-8859-13               False    False    True     True     True     True     
28605  iso-8859-15               False    True     True     True     True     True     
29001  x-Europa                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
38598  iso-8859-8-i              True     True     True     True     True     True     
50220  iso-2022-jp               False    False    True     True     False    True     
50221  csISO2022JP               False    True     True     True     False    True     
50222  iso-2022-jp               False    False    False    False    False    True     
50225  iso-2022-kr               False    False    True     False    False    True     
50227  x-cp50227                 False    False    False    False    False    True     
51932  euc-jp                    True     True     True     True     False    True     
51936  EUC-CN                    False    False    False    False    False    True     
51949  euc-kr                    False    False    True     True     False    True     
52936  hz-gb-2312                True     True     True     True     False    True     
54936  GB18030                   True     True     True     True     False    True     
57002  x-iscii-de                False    False    False    False    False    True     
57003  x-iscii-be                False    False    False    False    False    True     
57004  x-iscii-ta                False    False    False    False    False    True     
57005  x-iscii-te                False    False    False    False    False    True     
57006  x-iscii-as                False    False    False    False    False    True     
57007  x-iscii-or                False    False    False    False    False    True     
57008  x-iscii-ka                False    False    False    False    False    True     
57009  x-iscii-ma                False    False    False    False    False    True     
57010  x-iscii-gu                False    False    False    False    False    True     
57011  x-iscii-pa                False    False    False    False    False    True     
65000  utf-7                     False    False    True     True     False    True     
65001  utf-8                     True     True     True     True     False    True     

*/

Visual C++

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Text;
int main()
{

   // Print the header.
   Console::Write( "CodePage identifier and name     " );
   Console::Write( "BrDisp   BrSave   " );
   Console::Write( "MNDisp   MNSave   " );
   Console::WriteLine( "1-Byte   ReadOnly " );

   // For every encoding, get the property values.
   System::Collections::IEnumerator^ myEnum = Encoding::GetEncodings()->GetEnumerator();
   while ( myEnum->MoveNext() )
   {
      EncodingInfo ^ ei = safe_cast<EncodingInfo ^>(myEnum->Current);
      Encoding^ e = ei->GetEncoding();
      Console::Write( "{0,-6} {1,-25} ", ei->CodePage, ei->Name );
      Console::Write( "{0,-8} {1,-8} ", e->IsBrowserDisplay, e->IsBrowserSave );
      Console::Write( "{0,-8} {1,-8} ", e->IsMailNewsDisplay, e->IsMailNewsSave );
      Console::WriteLine( "{0,-8} {1,-8} ", e->IsSingleByte, e->IsReadOnly );
   }
}

/* 
This code produces the following output.

CodePage identifier and name     BrDisp   BrSave   MNDisp   MNSave   1-Byte   ReadOnly 
37     IBM037                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
437    IBM437                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
500    IBM500                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
708    ASMO-708                  True     True     False    False    True     True     
720    DOS-720                   True     True     False    False    True     True     
737    ibm737                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
775    ibm775                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
850    ibm850                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
852    ibm852                    True     True     False    False    True     True     
855    IBM855                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
857    ibm857                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
858    IBM00858                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
860    IBM860                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
861    ibm861                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
862    DOS-862                   True     True     False    False    True     True     
863    IBM863                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
864    IBM864                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
865    IBM865                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
866    cp866                     True     True     False    False    True     True     
869    ibm869                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
870    IBM870                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
874    windows-874               True     True     True     True     True     True     
875    cp875                     False    False    False    False    True     True     
932    shift_jis                 True     True     True     True     False    True     
936    gb2312                    True     True     True     True     False    True     
949    ks_c_5601-1987            True     True     True     True     False    True     
950    big5                      True     True     True     True     False    True     
1026   IBM1026                   False    False    False    False    True     True     
1047   IBM01047                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
1140   IBM01140                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
1141   IBM01141                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
1142   IBM01142                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
1143   IBM01143                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
1144   IBM01144                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
1145   IBM01145                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
1146   IBM01146                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
1147   IBM01147                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
1148   IBM01148                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
1149   IBM01149                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
1200   utf-16                    False    True     False    False    False    True     
1201   unicodeFFFE               False    False    False    False    False    True     
1250   windows-1250              True     True     True     True     True     True     
1251   windows-1251              True     True     True     True     True     True     
1252   Windows-1252              True     True     True     True     True     True     
1253   windows-1253              True     True     True     True     True     True     
1254   windows-1254              True     True     True     True     True     True     
1255   windows-1255              True     True     True     True     True     True     
1256   windows-1256              True     True     True     True     True     True     
1257   windows-1257              True     True     True     True     True     True     
1258   windows-1258              True     True     True     True     True     True     
1361   Johab                     False    False    False    False    False    True     
10000  macintosh                 False    False    False    False    True     True     
10001  x-mac-japanese            False    False    False    False    False    True     
10002  x-mac-chinesetrad         False    False    False    False    False    True     
10003  x-mac-korean              False    False    False    False    False    True     
10004  x-mac-arabic              False    False    False    False    True     True     
10005  x-mac-hebrew              False    False    False    False    True     True     
10006  x-mac-greek               False    False    False    False    True     True     
10007  x-mac-cyrillic            False    False    False    False    True     True     
10008  x-mac-chinesesimp         False    False    False    False    False    True     
10010  x-mac-romanian            False    False    False    False    True     True     
10017  x-mac-ukrainian           False    False    False    False    True     True     
10021  x-mac-thai                False    False    False    False    True     True     
10029  x-mac-ce                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
10079  x-mac-icelandic           False    False    False    False    True     True     
10081  x-mac-turkish             False    False    False    False    True     True     
10082  x-mac-croatian            False    False    False    False    True     True     
12000  utf-32                    False    False    False    False    False    True     
12001  utf-32BE                  False    False    False    False    False    True     
20000  x-Chinese-CNS             False    False    False    False    False    True     
20001  x-cp20001                 False    False    False    False    False    True     
20002  x-Chinese-Eten            False    False    False    False    False    True     
20003  x-cp20003                 False    False    False    False    False    True     
20004  x-cp20004                 False    False    False    False    False    True     
20005  x-cp20005                 False    False    False    False    False    True     
20105  x-IA5                     False    False    False    False    True     True     
20106  x-IA5-German              False    False    False    False    True     True     
20107  x-IA5-Swedish             False    False    False    False    True     True     
20108  x-IA5-Norwegian           False    False    False    False    True     True     
20127  us-ascii                  False    False    True     True     True     True     
20261  x-cp20261                 False    False    False    False    False    True     
20269  x-cp20269                 False    False    False    False    True     True     
20273  IBM273                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
20277  IBM277                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
20278  IBM278                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
20280  IBM280                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
20284  IBM284                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
20285  IBM285                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
20290  IBM290                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
20297  IBM297                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
20420  IBM420                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
20423  IBM423                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
20424  IBM424                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
20833  x-EBCDIC-KoreanExtended   False    False    False    False    True     True     
20838  IBM-Thai                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
20866  koi8-r                    True     True     True     True     True     True     
20871  IBM871                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
20880  IBM880                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
20905  IBM905                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
20924  IBM00924                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
20932  EUC-JP                    False    False    False    False    False    True     
20936  x-cp20936                 False    False    False    False    False    True     
20949  x-cp20949                 False    False    False    False    False    True     
21025  cp1025                    False    False    False    False    True     True     
21866  koi8-u                    True     True     True     True     True     True     
28591  iso-8859-1                True     True     True     True     True     True     
28592  iso-8859-2                True     True     True     True     True     True     
28593  iso-8859-3                False    False    True     True     True     True     
28594  iso-8859-4                True     True     True     True     True     True     
28595  iso-8859-5                True     True     True     True     True     True     
28596  iso-8859-6                True     True     True     True     True     True     
28597  iso-8859-7                True     True     True     True     True     True     
28598  iso-8859-8                True     True     False    False    True     True     
28599  iso-8859-9                True     True     True     True     True     True     
28603  iso-8859-13               False    False    True     True     True     True     
28605  iso-8859-15               False    True     True     True     True     True     
29001  x-Europa                  False    False    False    False    True     True     
38598  iso-8859-8-i              True     True     True     True     True     True     
50220  iso-2022-jp               False    False    True     True     False    True     
50221  csISO2022JP               False    True     True     True     False    True     
50222  iso-2022-jp               False    False    False    False    False    True     
50225  iso-2022-kr               False    False    True     False    False    True     
50227  x-cp50227                 False    False    False    False    False    True     
51932  euc-jp                    True     True     True     True     False    True     
51936  EUC-CN                    False    False    False    False    False    True     
51949  euc-kr                    False    False    True     True     False    True     
52936  hz-gb-2312                True     True     True     True     False    True     
54936  GB18030                   True     True     True     True     False    True     
57002  x-iscii-de                False    False    False    False    False    True     
57003  x-iscii-be                False    False    False    False    False    True     
57004  x-iscii-ta                False    False    False    False    False    True     
57005  x-iscii-te                False    False    False    False    False    True     
57006  x-iscii-as                False    False    False    False    False    True     
57007  x-iscii-or                False    False    False    False    False    True     
57008  x-iscii-ka                False    False    False    False    False    True     
57009  x-iscii-ma                False    False    False    False    False    True     
57010  x-iscii-gu                False    False    False    False    False    True     
57011  x-iscii-pa                False    False    False    False    False    True     
65000  utf-7                     False    False    True     True     False    True     
65001  utf-8                     True     True     True     True     False    True     

*/

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

Reference

Encoding Class

Encoding Members

System.Text Namespace

GetEncoding

Other Resources

Understanding Encodings