Visual COBOL has built-in support for the following character sets. The country code numbering convention used for single-byte character sets is that defined by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The CCSID (Coded Character Set ID) column shows the code page/encoding combination that is used.
Support is provided for the following character set conversions, except where indicated:
| Country code | CCSID | Language |
|---|---|---|
| AUTOMATIC | Operating system default | |
| AUTO | Operating system default | |
| DEFAULT | US English | |
| 0031 | 256 | Dutch |
| 0033 | 297 | French |
| 0034 | 284 | Spanish |
| 0039 | 280 | Italian |
| 0043 | 273 | German (Austrian) |
| 0044 | 285 | UK English |
| 0045 | 277 | Danish |
| 0046 | 278 | Swedish |
| 0047 | 277 | Norwegian |
| 0049 | 273 | German |
| 0066 | 838 | Thai Extended |
| 0081 | 930 | *Japanese Katakana Extended |
| 0082 | 933 | *Korean |
| 0086 | 13676 | *Simplified Chinese |
| 0351 | 282 | Portuguese |
| 0358 | 278 | Finnish |
| 0437 | 437 | US English |
| 0500 | 500 | International (Latin 1) |
| 0886 | 937 | *Traditional Chinese |
| 0939 | 939 | *Japanese Latin Extended |
| 9122 | 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 code sets with "E".