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Marshal::SystemDefaultCharSize Field

 

Represents the default character size on the system; the default is 2 for Unicode systems and 1 for ANSI systems. This field is read-only.

Namespace:   System.Runtime.InteropServices
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

public:
static initonly int SystemDefaultCharSize

Field Value

Type: System::Int32

The following example demonstrates the SystemDefaultCharSize field. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the Marshal class.

// Demonstrate the use of public static fields of the Marshal
// class.
Console::WriteLine(
    "SystemDefaultCharSize={0},SystemMaxDBCSCharSize={1}",
    Marshal::SystemDefaultCharSize,
    Marshal::SystemMaxDBCSCharSize);

Universal Windows Platform
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1
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