Unicode characters in console-application.

I'm writing a program that prints the date in different languages,
but it dosn't work with languages that uses the Unicode Character Set.

Here's the source-code:
#include <iostream>
#include <locale>
#include <time.h>

using namespace std;

int wmain(void)
{
wchar_t date[81];
time_t currentTime;
struct tm tmTime;

time(&currentTime);
gmtime_s(&tmTime, &currentTime);
_wasctime_s(date, 80, &tmTime);

locale swedish("swedish");
locale::global(swedish);

wcsftime(date, 80, L"%#x", &tmTime);
wcout << "Svenskt datum: \n";
wcout << date << endl << endl;

locale norwegianBokmal("norwegian-bokmal");
locale::global(norwegianBokmal);

wcsftime(date, 80, L"%#x", &tmTime);
wcout << "Norskt datum (Bokmal): \n";
wcout << date << endl << endl;

locale norwegianNynorsk("norwegian-nynorsk");
locale::global(norwegianNynorsk);

wcsftime(date, 80, L"%#x", &tmTime);
wcout << "Norskt datum (Nynorsk): \n";
wcout << date << endl << endl;

locale finnish("finnish");
locale::global(finnish);

wcsftime(date, 80, L"%#x", &tmTime);
wcout << "Finskt datum: \n";
wcout << date << endl << endl;

locale danish("danish");
locale::global(danish);

wcsftime(date, 80, L"%#x", &tmTime);
wcout << "Danskt datum: \n";
wcout << date << endl << endl;

locale french("french");
locale::global(french);

wcsftime(date, 80, L"%#x", &tmTime);
wcout << "Franskt datum: \n";
wcout << date << endl << endl;

locale german("german");
locale::global(german);

wcsftime(date, 80, L"%#x", &tmTime);
wcout << "Tyskt datum: \n";
wcout << date << endl << endl;

locale chineseSimplified("chinese-simplified");
locale::global(chineseSimplified);

wcsftime(date, 80, L"%#x", &tmTime);
wcout << L"Kinesiskt datum (forenklad): \n";
wcout << date << endl << endl;

return 0;
}

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Unicode characters in console-application.

Morag2
VC++ 2005 Express Edition.
Simone

Hi I write simple C# program for testing unicode , but my console dosent support , What can I do I wantto display r n a

unicode character.

code is following ,

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

namespace ConsoleApplication2

{

class Program

{

static void array()

{

string test = " r n a";

Console.WriteLine(test);

}

static void Main(string[] args)

{

array();

}

}

}
Conor Cunningham
Did you mean using SetConsoleOutputCP API

But how can I set console codepage as Unicode, I try to set it by the following statement:

:etConsoleOutputCP(1200); But failed and GetLastError() = 87 (The parameter is incorrect.)
Jay Frankland

The console is still codepage based and it works off of the language for none Unicode programs set on your system as far as I know.

You can programatically change the codepage of the the console to the codepage you want though.
Hossein Riazi
Does the console support Unicode
(My OS is Windows XP Pro (swedish)).
Do I have to change the default font
Wu
It seems to me that the problem is stdout, not the console.

I tried wpfrintf and wcout and could not print unicode chars.

But, with _cwprintf I was able to output everything perfectly!
CAM
What VS version are you using
mjwigham
Does anyone know how to make SetConsoleOutputCP(932) work
Unicode characters in console-application.

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