What's the difference between Encoding.GetEncoding(1255) and Encoding.GetEncoding(1252)?

Question

I have a C# form based program and have been using

System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding(1252)

but I've had trouble reading non-English characters, I've discovered

System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding(1255)

works however I don't know the implications of changing this so I'm hoping someone can shed some light on the difference and possible implications.

Answer 1

I recommend that you read Joel Spolsky's article The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!)