Detect the encoding from A DBF

Question

I want to detect the encoding of DBF automatically, but the structure of DBF file doesn't contains any information in the header of DBF file. I used to use a DBF Viewer and it opens with a proper encoding information. So I'm not sure how they implement it.

I researched the structure of DBF file and there is a language driver id, but we don't have an ID to CodePage table, any one have clue?

Answer 1

I did a lot of research and found this article in Esri's official website: http://webhelp.esri.com/arcpad/8.0/referenceguide/index.htm#locales/task_code.htm

It really helps for me to convert from language id to code page; I this issue is fixed. Hope it helps others.