Wide Character Convert (-widecharconv)
- Last Updated: February 11, 2026
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- Version 13.0
- Documentation
Use Wide Character Convert (-widecharconv) to
modify the behavior of the OS-GETENV function on Windows when there are extended characters in
environment variables that need to be accessed by an ABL application. The characters
are converted from Windows wide character format to the encoding specified by the
-cpinternal setting of the ABL session.
| Operating system and syntax | Windows |
-widecharconv
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| Use with | Maximum value | Minimum value | Single-user default | Multi-user default |
| Client Session, Database Server, DataServer | — | — | — | — |