I was actually referring to the src/java.base/windows/native/launcher/java.manifest file (or the jdk/src/windows/resource/java.manifest file on JDK 8) that gets embedded as a manifest in the JDK executables.
When I was mentioning "UTF-8 manifest", I was referring to the java.manifest file (embedded as a resource in JDK executables) that had the <utf8:activeCodePage>UTF-8</utf8:activeCodePage> setting added. Here is what the java.manifest file would look like with the <utf8:activeCodePage>UTF-8</utf8:activeCodePage> setting enabled: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0" xmlns:asmv3="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3" > <assemblyIdentity name="" version="" processorArchitecture="X86" type="win32" /> <description>Java(TM) SE process</description> <dependency> <dependentAssembly> <assemblyIdentity type="win32" name="Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls" version="6.0.0.0" processorArchitecture="*" publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df" language="*" /> </dependentAssembly> </dependency> <!-- Identify the application security requirements. --> <trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3"> <security> <requestedPrivileges> <requestedExecutionLevel level="asInvoker" uiAccess="false"/> </requestedPrivileges> </security> </trustInfo> <!-- Indicate JDK is high-dpi aware. --> <asmv3:application> <asmv3:windowsSettings xmlns:dpi1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2005/WindowsSettings" xmlns:dpi2="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2016/WindowsSettings" xmlns:utf8="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2019/WindowsSettings"> <dpi1:dpiAware>true/PM</dpi1:dpiAware> <dpi2:dpiAwareness>PerMonitorV2, PerMonitor, system</dpi2:dpiAwareness> <!-- Enable UTF-8 as the active code page --> <utf8:activeCodePage>UTF-8</utf8:activeCodePage> </asmv3:windowsSettings> </asmv3:application> <!-- Indicate this JDK version is Windows 7 compatible --> <compatibility xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:compatibility.v1"> <application> <!-- Windows Vista --> <supportedOS Id="{e2011457-1546-43c5-a5fe-008deee3d3f0}"/> <!-- Windows 7 --> <supportedOS Id="{35138b9a-5d96-4fbd-8e2d-a2440225f93a}"/> <!-- Windows 8 --> <supportedOS Id="{4a2f28e3-53b9-4441-ba9c-d69d4a4a6e38}"/> <!-- Windows 8.1 --> <supportedOS Id="{1f676c76-80e1-4239-95bb-83d0f6d0da78}"/> <!-- Windows 10 --> <supportedOS Id="{8e0f7a12-bfb3-4fe8-b9a5-48fd50a15a9a}"/> </application> </compatibility> </assembly> ________________________________ From: Magnus Ihse Bursie <magnus.ihse.bur...@oracle.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 5, 2021 3:34 AM To: John Platts <john_pla...@hotmail.com>; core-libs-dev <core-libs-dev@openjdk.java.net> Subject: Re: Implementing JEP 400 on Windows 10 and Windows 11 On 2021-10-05 03:22, John Platts wrote: > I wrote a test program (in C++) to detect the codepages that would be > returned by the GetACP(), GetOEMCP(), and GetConsoleCP() functions when the > <utf8:activeCodePage>UTF-8</utf8:activeCodePage> setting is added to the > manifest. > > The <utf8:activeCodePage> manifest element (supported on Windows 10 Version > 1903 or later) is in the > http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2019/WindowsSettings namespace and is added > to the asmv3:WindowsSettings element as shown below: > <asmv3:windowsSettings > xmlns:dpi1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2005/WindowsSettings" > > xmlns:dpi2="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2016/WindowsSettings" > > xmlns:utf8="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2019/WindowsSettings"> > <dpi1:dpiAware>true/PM</dpi1:dpiAware> > <dpi2:dpiAwareness>PerMonitorV2, PerMonitor, system</dpi2:dpiAwareness> > <utf8:activeCodePage>UTF-8</utf8:activeCodePage> > </asmv3:windowsSettings> > > Here is the output of the test program without the > <utf8:activeCodePage>UTF-8</utf8:activeCodePage> setting present in the > executable manifest: > GetACP() result: 1252 > GetOEMCP() result: 437 > GetConsoleCP() result: 437 > System default LCID: 1033 > User default LCID: 1033 > User default UI LCID: 1033 > Codepage from system default LCID: 1252 > Codepage from user default LCID: 1252 > Codepage from user default UI LCID: 1252 > > Here is the output of the same test program with an executable manifest that > includes the <utf8:activeCodePage>UTF-8</utf8:activeCodePage> setting: > GetACP() result: 65001 > GetOEMCP() result: 65001 > GetConsoleCP() result: 437 > System default LCID: 1033 > User default LCID: 1033 > User default UI LCID: 1033 > Codepage from system default LCID: 1252 > Codepage from user default LCID: 1252 > Codepage from user default UI LCID: 1252 > > Note that the <utf8:activeCodePage>UTF-8</utf8:activeCodePage> setting in the > application manifest changes the results of the GetACP() and GetOEMCP() calls > but not the GetConsoleCP() call. This is really confusing. I'm glad you are gathering empirical evidence of how it works. :-) > I wrote another test program, and the argument strings passed into the > main(int argc, char** argv) function are converted to UTF-8 if the > <utf8:activeCodePage>UTF-8</utf8:activeCodePage> setting is there in the > application manifest whereas the argument strings passed into the main (int > argc, char** argv) function are converted to the ANSI codepage (which is > usually code page 1252 on US English systems) if the > <utf8:activeCodePage>UTF-8</utf8:activeCodePage> setting is there in the > UTF-8 manifest. I'm not sure I understand this. What is the difference between "the application manifest" and "the UTF-8 manifest"? /Magnus