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# UploadSettings.Charset Property ActiveX/Java Uploader ASP.NET

Supported browsers: ![Internet Explorer](https://www.aurigma.com/docs/us8/icons/ie8.png)![Firefox](https://www.aurigma.com/docs/us8/icons/firefox.png)![Google Chrome](https://www.aurigma.com/docs/us8/icons/chrome.png)![Safari](https://www.aurigma.com/docs/us8/icons/safari.png)
 
Gets or sets a charset used to encode the text data submitted by ActiveX/Java Uploader.
 
**Namespace:** [Aurigma.ImageUploader](https://www.aurigma.com/docs/us8/JA_N_Aurigma_ImageUploader.htm.md)
 **Assembly:** Aurigma.ImageUploader (in Aurigma.ImageUploader.dll)
 
## Syntax
  
```csharp
public string Charset { get; set; }
```
 
### Property Value
 
Type: [System..String](http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/s1wwdcbf)
 
The charset. See possible values in the **Remarks** section.
 
Default value is **"UTF-8"**.
 
## Remarks
  
Encoding sets supported by ActiveX/Java Uploader are different for Internet Explorer and other browsers. The table below contains charsets supported both in Internet Explorer and non-Internet Explorer browsers.
 
|  Charset |  Alternative Name |  Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
 |  **UTF-8** |   |  Eight-bit UCS Transformation Format. |
 |  **ISO-8859-1** |   |  ISO Latin Alphabet No. 1, a.k.a. ISO-LATIN-1. |
 |  **ISO-8859-2** |   |  ISO Latin Alphabet No. 2. |
 |  **ISO-8859-5** |   |  ISO Latin/Cyrillic Alphabet. |
 |  **ISO-8859-6** |   |  ISO Latin/Arabic Alphabet. |
 |  **ISO-8859-7** |   |  ISO Latin Alphabet No. 7. |
 |  **ISO-8859-8** |   |  Latin/Hebrew Alphabet. |
 |  **ISO-8859-9** |   |  ISO Latin Alphabet No. 9. |
 |  **windows-1250** |   |  Windows East European. |
 |  **windows-1251** |   |  Windows Cyrillic. |
 |  **windows-1253** |   |  Windows Greek. |
 |  **windows-1255** |   |  Windows Hebrew. |
 |  **windows-1256** |   |  Windows Arabic. |
 |  **windows-1257** |   |  Windows Baltic. |
 |  **windows-1258** |   |  Windows Vietnamese. |
 |  **big5** |   |  Big5, Traditional Chinese. |
 |  **cp866** |   |  MS-DOS Russian. |
 |  **euc-jp** |   |  JISX 0201, 0208 and 0212, EUC encoding Japanese. |
 |  **KOI8-R** |   |  KOI-8, Russian. |
 |  **shift\_jis** |   |  Shift-JIS, Japanese. |
 |  **gb2312** |  x-EUC-CN |  GB2312, EUC encoding, Simplified Chinese. |
 |  **ibm852** |  Cp852 |  Shift-JIS, Japanese. |
 |  **DOS-862** |  Cp862 |  PC Hebrew. |
 |  **windows-874** |  MS874 |  Windows Thai. |
 
Visit Sun site for a [full list of encodings supported in non-Internet Explore browsers](http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/guide/intl/encoding.doc.html).
   
## See Also

### Reference

- [UploadSettings Class](https://www.aurigma.com/docs/us8/JA_T_Aurigma_ImageUploader_UploadSettings.htm.md)
- [Aurigma.ImageUploader Namespace](https://www.aurigma.com/docs/us8/JA_N_Aurigma_ImageUploader.htm.md)
- [$au.uploadSettings.charset JavaScript PropertyActiveX/Java Uploader](https://www.aurigma.com/docs/us8/JA_P_J_$au_uploadSettings_charset.htm.md)
- [UploadSettings.Charset PHP PropertyActiveX/Java Uploader](https://www.aurigma.com/docs/us8/JA_P_P_UploadSettings_Charset.htm.md)