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Micro Focus Visual COBOL 2.3 for Visual Studio 2015 > General Reference > Compiler Directives > Compiler Directives - Alphabetical List > UNICODE
Micro Focus Visual COBOL 2.3 for Visual Studio 2015 > General Reference > Compiler Directives > Compiler Control > Compiler Control - Compile/Link Files > UNICODE

UNICODE

Specifies the encoding to be used for Unicode characters.

Syntax:

>>-.---.--UNICODE--"unicode-type"---------><
   +-/-+

Parameters:

unicode-type
The encoding of Unicode characters. Possible values are:
NATIVE
A Unicode character is represented as the native UTF-16 encoding on the platform on which the program is being executed
PORTABLE
A Unicode character is represented as a big-endian UTF-16 encoding irrespective of the platform on which the program is being run

Properties:

Default: UNICODE"NATIVE"
Phase: Syntax check
$SET: Yes
Parent topic: Compiler Control - Compile/Link Files
Parent topic: Compiler Directives - Alphabetical List
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