To Configure the Codeset Translation Environment Variable

Set the MFCODESET variable in your environment to control the codesets being translated.

Start an Enterprise Developer command prompt. If you need instructions, see To start an Enterprise Developer command prompt.
Do one of the following:
- To translate between the ASCII character set and the EBCDIC character set for a specific country code, at the command prompt, enter:
```
set MFCODESET=nnnn
```
  where nnnn is either a supported 4-digit country code or the codeset number as detailed in Supported Country Codes, or the codeset number of a customized conversion module.
- To translate between a specified ASCII character set and a specified EBCDIC character set, at the command prompt, enter:
```
set MFCODESET=xxxxyyyy
```
  where xxxx is a 4-character hexadecimal string representing the SBCDIC CCSID, and yyyy is a 4-character hexadecimal string representing the ASCII CCSID. If the specified CCSID translation table is not currently installed, refer to To install a CCSID Translation Table.
Run your program from within the same environment to use the configured translation.

Example:

To run a program under the CHARSET"EBCDIC" Compiler directive, and have it translate its output between your current ASCII character set and UK English EBCDIC:

set MFCODESET=0285

To run a program under the CHARSET"EBCDIC" Compiler directive, and have it translate its output between the MS-WIN LATIN-1 codeset (CCSID 1252) and the COM EUROPE EBCDIC codeset (CCSID 37):

set MFCODESET=002504E4