P.S.: I found here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_ANSI_code_page#ANSI_code_page that there in fact "The following Windows code pages exist:The following Windows code pages exist: ... 65000 UTF-7 65001 UTF-8 " But this seems to be be a propriety Microsoft definition while AFAIK, "ANSI" denotes "American National Standards Institute". - Michael