Visual COBOL has built-in support for the following character sets. The numbering convention used for single-byte character sets is that defined by the CCIT/ITU country code.
Support is provided for the following character set conversions, except where indicated:
| Country code | Language |
|---|---|
| AUTOMATIC | Operating system default |
| AUTO | Operating system default |
| DEFAULT | US English |
| 0031 | Dutch |
| 0033 | French |
| 0034 | Spanish |
| 0039 | Italian |
| 0043 | German (Austrian) |
| 0044 | UK English |
| 0045 | Danish |
| 0046 | Swedish |
| 0047 | Norwegian |
| 0049 | German |
| 0066 | Thai Extended |
| 0081 | *Japanese Katakana Extended |
| 0082 | *Korean |
| 0086 | *Simplified Chinese |
| 0351 | Portuguese |
| 0358 | Finnish |
| 0437 | US English |
| 0500 | International (Latin 1) |
| 0886 | *Traditional Chinese |
| 0939 | *Japanese Latin Extended |
| 9122 | *Japanese Katakana |
Character sets marked with an asterisk (*) are capable of mixed single-byte and double-byte character conversion.
On Windows platforms, to use the Euro symbol (€), prefix the country code for EURO codesets with "E".
On UNIX platforms, always prefix the country code for EURO codesets with "E".