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getCharset method (HtmlDlgSafeHelper)

Browser support:

Returns the default character set (code page) of the given font in Internet Explorer on Windows.

The following table contains the identifier/name pairs for the character sets:

0	ANSI Charset.
1	System Default Charset.
2	Symbol Charset.
3	Invalid Charset.
77	Macintosh Charset.
128	Japanese (Shift-JIS) Charset.
129	Korean (Hangul, Wansung) Charset.
130	Korean (Johab) Charset.
134	Simple Chinese (GB2312) Charset.
136	Traditinoal Chinese (Big5) Charset.
161	Greek Charset.
162	Turkish Charset.
163	Vietnamese Charset.
177	Hebrew Charset.
178	Arabic Charset.
179	Arabic Traditional Charset.
180	Arabic user Charset.
181	Hebrew user Charset.
186	Baltic Charset.
204	Russian Charset.
222	Thai Charset.
238	Eastern European Charset.
254	PC 437 Charset.
255	OEM Charset.

Syntax:

object.getCharset (fontName);

You can find the related objects in the Supported by objects section below.

Parameters:

fontName

Required. String that specifies the name of the font type (Times New Roman, Arial, Tahoma ...).

Return value:

Integer, the identifier of the code page.

Example HTML code 1:

This example illustrates the use of the getCharset method:

<head>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        function GetCharSet () {
            try {
                var dlgHelper = document.getElementById ("dlgHelper");
                var charSet = dlgHelper.getCharset ("Symbol");
                alert (charSet);
            }
            catch (e) {
                alert ("Your browser does not support this example!");
            }
        }
    </script>
</head>
<body>
        <!-- The Dialog Helper Object for the getCharset method -->
    <object id="dlgHelper" classid="clsid:3050f819-98b5-11cf-bb82-00aa00bdce0b" width="0px" height="0px"></object>
    <button onclick="GetCharSet ()">Get the default character set of the 'Symbol' font</button>
</body>