File Transfer with 862 Code Page

PC code page 862 is the IBM® number for the Hebrew code page. Microsoft® Windows® (Hebrew) uses a code page based on (but not identical to) the ISO code page, and quite different from code page 862.

Apart from the differences in code points, Microsoft® Windows® for Hebrew works with logical text. This means that Windows® applications are expected to store text in logical order (that is, the same order as typed but not as displayed). Accordingly, the text that is displayed on the screen is different from the text that is processed by the application.

Therefore, when transferring files with translation to and from code page 862, there may be unexpected results (such as a different order of Hebrew text), in some cases. To overcome such problems, it is recommended after conversion of EBCDIC text to code page 862 to consider using the CONVERT program, provided as part of Microsoft® Windows®, which is capable of converting between logical text and visual text.