Encoding::Default Property
Updated: October 2010
Gets an encoding for the operating system's current ANSI code page.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Property Value
Type: System.Text::EncodingAn encoding for the operating system's current ANSI code page.
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Different computers can use different encodings as the default, and the default encoding can even change on a single computer. Therefore, data streamed from one computer to another or even retrieved at different times on the same computer might be translated incorrectly. In addition, the encoding returned by the Default property uses best-fit fallback to map unsupported characters to characters supported by the code page. To ensure that encoded bytes are decoded properly, your application should use a Unicode encoding, such as UTF8Encoding or UnicodeEncoding, with a preamble. Another option is to use a higher-level protocol to ensure that the same format is used for encoding and decoding. |
The system ANSI code page defined by Default covers the ASCII set of characters, but the encoding is different from the encoding for ASCII. Since all Default encodings lose data, your application might use UTF8 instead. UTF-8 is often identical in the U+00 to U+7F range, but can encode other characters without loss.
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, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune
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.
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