Setting the code page for shapefiles
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There are a number of methods for setting the code page for a shapefile:

  1. When creating a new shapefile in ArcPad, the New Shapefile dialog box includes a drop-down list to choose the code page for the shapefile. The default code page is UTF-8.

  2. Set the code page in the <shapefile>.cpg file. This .cpg file would only contain the required code page number, e.g. 1251 (for Russian Windows).
  3. Set the code page in the <shapefile>.apl file, using ArcPad Studio. The LOCALE element can be added to the LAYER element in the .apl file.
  4. Use the Set DBF Codepage tool in ArcPad Studio. The tool, which is located on the Tools menu, prompts for a DBF table, then displays the DBF Codepage dialog box to view or change the code page for the DBF.

    The code page for a shapefile can be viewed on the Geography tab of the shapefile’s Layer Properties dialog box.

    The code page for a shapefile can be viewed on the Geography tab of the shapefile’s Layer Properties dialog box. The table below lists the code pages that ArcPad supports. The Header column refers to the LDIDs that ArcPad supports in the header of the shapefile’s DBF table:

    Header Code page Description
    0x01 437 U.S. MS-DOS
    0x02 850 International MS-DOS
    0x03 1252 Window ANSI
    0x08 865 Danish OEM
    0x09 437 Dutch OEM
    0x0A 850 Dutch OEM*
    0x0B 437 Finnish OEM
    0x0D 437 French OEM
    0x0E 850 French OEM*
    0x0F 437 German OEM
    0x10 850 German OEM*
    0x11 437 Italian OEM
    0x12 850 Italian OEM*
    0x13 932 Japanese Shift-JIS
    0x14 850 Spanish OEM*
    0x15 437 Swedish OEM
    0x16 850 Swedish OEM*
    0x17 865 Norwegian OEM
    0x18 437 Spanish OEM
    0x19 437 English OEM (Britain)
    0x1A 850 English OEM (Britain)*
    0x1B 437 English OEM (U.S.)
    0x1C 863 French OEM (Canada)
    0x1D 850 French OEM*
    0x1F 852 Czech OEM
    0x22 852 Hungarian OEM
    0x23 852 Polish OEM
    0x24 860 Portugese OEM
    0x25 850 Potugese OEM*
    0x26 866 Russian OEM
    0x37 850 English OEM (U.S.)*
    0x40 852 Romanian OEM
    0x4D 936 Chinese GBK (PRC)
    0x4E 949 Korean (ANSI/OEM)
    0x4F 950 Chinese Big 5 (Taiwan)
    0x50 874 Thai (ANSI/OEM)
    0x57 1252 ANSI
    0x58 1252 Western European ANSI
    0x59 1252 Spanish ANSI
    0x64 852 Eastern European MS-DOS
    0x65 866 Russian MS-DOS
    0x66 865 Nordic MS-DOS
    0x67 861 Icelandic MS-DOS
    0x6A 737 Greek MS-DOS (437G)
    0x6B 857 Turkish MS-DOS
    0x6C 863 French-Canadian MS-DOS
    0x78 950 Taiwan Big 5
    0x79 949 Hangul (Wansung)
    0x7A 936 PRC GBK
    0x7B 932 Japanese Shift-JIS
    0x7C 874 Thai Windows/MS-DOS
    0x86 737 Greek OEM
    0x87 852 Slovenian OEM
    0x88 857 Turkish OEM
    0xC8 1250 Eastern European Windows
    0xC9 1251 Russian Windows
    0xCA 1254 Turkish Windows
    0xCB 1253 Greek Windows
    0xCC 1257 Baltic Windows

    *Secondary code page