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title: "uploadSettings.charset Property  ActiveX/Java Uploader JavaScript"
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# uploadSettings.charset Property ActiveX/Java Uploader JavaScript

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.

## Syntax
 
```
$au.uploader({
    uploadSettings: {
        //...other params...
        charset: "UTF-8",
        //...other params...
    }
})
```

```
$au.uploader('uploaderID').uploadSettings().charset(value);
value = $au.uploader('uploaderID').uploadSettings().charset();
```
 
### Property Value
 
Type: **String**
 
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
 
- [Aurigma.ImageUploader.UploadSettings.Charset ASP.NET PropertyActiveX/Java Uploader](https://www.aurigma.com/docs/us8/JA_P_Aurigma_ImageUploader_UploadSettings_Charset.htm.md)
- [UploadSettings.Charset PHP PropertyActiveX/Java Uploader](https://www.aurigma.com/docs/us8/JA_P_P_UploadSettings_Charset.htm.md)