---
title: TextEncoding
framework: Core Services
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Alias
platforms: [Mac Catalyst 17.0+, macOS 10.0+]
path: coreservices/textencoding
---

# TextEncoding

Defines a data type for a text encoding value.

## Declaration

```occ
typedef UInt32 TextEncoding;
```

## Discussion

Discussion A TextEncoding value is specified by a text encoding base, a text encoding variant, and a text encoding format. You can  obtain a TextEncoding value by calling the function CreateTextEncoding. When you call this function,  you can provide the TextEncodingBase, TextEncodingVariant, and TextEncodingFormat data types. A TextEncoding value is used, for example, to identify the encoding of text passed to a text converter. Two TextEncoding values are needed—for source and destination encoding—when calling the Text Encoding Converter or the Unicode Converter to convert text.