---
title: MS-DOS and Windows Text Encodings
framework: Core Services
role: containerSymbol
role_heading: Enumeration
platforms: [Mac Catalyst 17.0+, macOS 10.0+]
path: coreservices/1400434-ms-dos_and_windows_text_encodings
---

# MS-DOS and Windows Text Encodings

Specify text encodings for MS-DOS and Windows.

## Declaration

```occ
enum : unsigned int {
    ...
};
```

## Topics

### Constants

- [kTextEncodingDOSLatinUS](coreservices/1400434-ms-dos_and_windows_text_encodings/ktextencodingdoslatinus.md)
- [kTextEncodingDOSGreek](coreservices/1400434-ms-dos_and_windows_text_encodings/ktextencodingdosgreek.md)
- [kTextEncodingDOSBalticRim](coreservices/1400434-ms-dos_and_windows_text_encodings/ktextencodingdosbalticrim.md)
- [kTextEncodingDOSLatin1](coreservices/1400434-ms-dos_and_windows_text_encodings/ktextencodingdoslatin1.md)
- [kTextEncodingDOSGreek1](coreservices/1400434-ms-dos_and_windows_text_encodings/ktextencodingdosgreek1.md)
- [kTextEncodingDOSLatin2](coreservices/1400434-ms-dos_and_windows_text_encodings/ktextencodingdoslatin2.md)
- [kTextEncodingDOSCyrillic](coreservices/1400434-ms-dos_and_windows_text_encodings/ktextencodingdoscyrillic.md)
- [kTextEncodingDOSTurkish](coreservices/1400434-ms-dos_and_windows_text_encodings/ktextencodingdosturkish.md)
- [kTextEncodingDOSPortuguese](coreservices/1400434-ms-dos_and_windows_text_encodings/ktextencodingdosportuguese.md)
- [kTextEncodingDOSIcelandic](coreservices/1400434-ms-dos_and_windows_text_encodings/ktextencodingdosicelandic.md)
- [kTextEncodingDOSHebrew](coreservices/1400434-ms-dos_and_windows_text_encodings/ktextencodingdoshebrew.md)
- [kTextEncodingDOSCanadianFrench](coreservices/1400434-ms-dos_and_windows_text_encodings/ktextencodingdoscanadianfrench.md)
- [kTextEncodingDOSArabic](coreservices/1400434-ms-dos_and_windows_text_encodings/ktextencodingdosarabic.md)
- [kTextEncodingDOSNordic](coreservices/1400434-ms-dos_and_windows_text_encodings/ktextencodingdosnordic.md)
- [kTextEncodingDOSRussian](coreservices/1400434-ms-dos_and_windows_text_encodings/ktextencodingdosrussian.md)
- [kTextEncodingDOSGreek2](coreservices/1400434-ms-dos_and_windows_text_encodings/ktextencodingdosgreek2.md)
- [kTextEncodingDOSThai](coreservices/1400434-ms-dos_and_windows_text_encodings/ktextencodingdosthai.md)
- [kTextEncodingDOSJapanese](coreservices/1400434-ms-dos_and_windows_text_encodings/ktextencodingdosjapanese.md)
- [kTextEncodingDOSChineseSimplif](coreservices/1400434-ms-dos_and_windows_text_encodings/ktextencodingdoschinesesimplif.md)
- [kTextEncodingDOSKorean](coreservices/1400434-ms-dos_and_windows_text_encodings/ktextencodingdoskorean.md)
- [kTextEncodingDOSChineseTrad](coreservices/1400434-ms-dos_and_windows_text_encodings/ktextencodingdoschinesetrad.md)
- [kTextEncodingWindowsLatin1](coreservices/1400434-ms-dos_and_windows_text_encodings/ktextencodingwindowslatin1.md)
- [kTextEncodingWindowsANSI](coreservices/1400434-ms-dos_and_windows_text_encodings/ktextencodingwindowsansi.md)
- [kTextEncodingWindowsLatin2](coreservices/1400434-ms-dos_and_windows_text_encodings/ktextencodingwindowslatin2.md)
- [kTextEncodingWindowsCyrillic](coreservices/1400434-ms-dos_and_windows_text_encodings/ktextencodingwindowscyrillic.md)
- [kTextEncodingWindowsGreek](coreservices/1400434-ms-dos_and_windows_text_encodings/ktextencodingwindowsgreek.md)
- [kTextEncodingWindowsLatin5](coreservices/1400434-ms-dos_and_windows_text_encodings/ktextencodingwindowslatin5.md)
- [kTextEncodingWindowsHebrew](coreservices/1400434-ms-dos_and_windows_text_encodings/ktextencodingwindowshebrew.md)
- [kTextEncodingWindowsArabic](coreservices/1400434-ms-dos_and_windows_text_encodings/ktextencodingwindowsarabic.md)
- [kTextEncodingWindowsBalticRim](coreservices/1400434-ms-dos_and_windows_text_encodings/ktextencodingwindowsbalticrim.md)
- [kTextEncodingWindowsVietnamese](coreservices/1400434-ms-dos_and_windows_text_encodings/ktextencodingwindowsvietnamese.md)
- [kTextEncodingWindowsKoreanJohab](coreservices/1400434-ms-dos_and_windows_text_encodings/ktextencodingwindowskoreanjohab.md)

## See Also

### Encodings and Variants

- [TextEncodingBase](coreservices/textencodingbase.md)
- [Compatibility TextEncodings](coreservices/1399939-compatibility_textencodings.md)
- [EBCDIC and IBM Host Text Encodings](coreservices/1400244-ebcdic_and_ibm_host_text_encodin.md)
- [Encoding Variants for Big-5](coreservices/1399673-encoding_variants_for_big-5.md)
- [Encoding Variants for Mac OS Encodings](coreservices/1399862-encoding_variants_for_mac_os_enc.md)
- [Encoding Variants for MacArabic](coreservices/1399984-encoding_variants_for_macarabic.md)
- [Encoding Variants for MacCroatian](coreservices/1400365-encoding_variants_for_maccroatia.md)
- [Encoding Variants for MacCyrillic](coreservices/1400107-encoding_variants_for_maccyrilli.md)
- [Encoding Variants for MacFarsi](coreservices/1399681-encoding_variants_for_macfarsi.md)
- [Encoding Variants for MacHebrew](coreservices/1400410-encoding_variants_for_machebrew.md)
- [Encoding Variants for MacIcelandic](coreservices/1400089-encoding_variants_for_maciceland.md)
- [Encoding Variants for MacJapanese](coreservices/1399915-encoding_variants_for_macjapanes.md)
- [Encoding Variants for MacRoman](coreservices/1399701-encoding_variants_for_macroman.md)
- [Encoding Variants for MacRoman Related to Currency](coreservices/1399860-encoding_variants_for_macroman_r.md)
- [Encoding Variants for MacRomanian](coreservices/1399955-encoding_variants_for_macromania.md)
- [Encoding Variants for MacRomanLatin1](coreservices/1400256-encoding_variants_for_macromanla.md)
- [Encoding Variants for MacVT100](coreservices/1400045-encoding_variants_for_macvt100.md)
- [Encoding Variants for Unicode](coreservices/1399897-encoding_variants_for_unicode.md)
- [EUC Text Encodings](coreservices/1399707-euc_text_encodings.md)
- [HFS Text Encoding](coreservices/1400242-hfs_text_encoding.md)
- [ISO 2022 Text Encodings](coreservices/1400073-iso_2022_text_encodings.md)
- [ISO 8-bit and 7-bit Text Encodings](coreservices/1399699-iso_8-bit_and_7-bit_text_encodings.md)
- [Mac Unicode Text Encoding](coreservices/1399907-mac_unicode_text_encoding.md)
- [Miscellaneous Text Encoding Standards](coreservices/1399782-miscellaneous_text_encoding_stan.md)
- [National Standard Text Encodings](coreservices/1400246-national_standard_text_encodings.md)
- [NextStep Platform Encodings](coreservices/1400238-nextstep_platform_encodings.md)
- [Special Text Encoding Values](coreservices/1400396-special_text_encoding_values.md)
- [TextEncodingFormat](coreservices/textencodingformat.md)
- [TextEncodingNameSelector](coreservices/textencodingnameselector.md)
- [Text Encoding Variants](coreservices/1400145-text_encoding_variants.md)
- [Unicode and ISO UCS Text Encodings](coreservices/1400188-unicode_and_iso_ucs_text_encodin.md)
- [Unsupported Unicode Variants](coreservices/1400371-unsupported_unicode_variants.md)