LegacyJ FAQ

Foreign Language Characters

French windows accentuated characters (8 bits) are not handled correctly in source strings. What should I do to have PERCobol process different character sets?

Answer:

The current codepage setting is used for display strings, using Java file.encoding.  You can  determine the file.encoding value by creating a small PERCobol program that includes: 

SET var TO ENVIRONMENT "file.encoding"

DISPLAY "file-encoding is " var UPON SYSOUT