The request and response code pages are used with communications between the runtime XML conversion programs and the runtime environment (Web services for CICS®, SOAP for CICS, IMS™ SOAP Gateway, or Batch, TSO, z/OS® UNIX System Services) not between the runtime XML conversion programs and the client.
If the runtime environment that you are using or the XML conversion program cannot parse a locale-specific code page that you select, you can specify a Unicode code page instead. In the single-service wizards, whenever there is a list box of code pages to select from, the list box includes the Unicode variants (UTF-16 or UTF-8).
In general, the performance of the XML converters is slower when the request and response code pages are Unicode.
| Type of single-service project: | Code page variant available: |
|---|---|
| Web Services for CICS | UTF-16 |
| IMS SOAP Gateway | UTF-8 |
| SOAP for CICS | Native code pages only |
| IMS Web 2.0 project | UTF-16 |
| XML Transformation for CICS project | UTF-16 |
| Batch, TSO, and z/OS UNIX System Services | UTF-16 or UTF-8, user written runtime environment |
| Request: | Host: | Response: |
|---|---|---|
| 37, Unicode | 37 | 37, Unicode |
| 273, Unicode | 273 | 273, Unicode |
| 277, Unicode | 277 | 277, Unicode |
| 280, Unicode | 280 | 280, Unicode |
| 284, Unicode | 284 | 284, Unicode |
| 285, Unicode | 285 | 285, Unicode |
| 297, Unicode | 297 | 297, Unicode |
| Unicode | 420 | Unicode |
| Unicode | 424 | Unicode |
| 500, Unicode | 500 | 500, Unicode |
| Unicode | 838 | Unicode |
| Unicode | 870 | Unicode |
| Unicode | 871 | Unicode |
| Unicode | 1025 | Unicode |
| Unicode | 1026 | Unicode |
| 1047, Unicode | 1047 | 1047, Unicode |
| Unicode | 1112 | Unicode |
| Unicode | 1122 | Unicode |
| Unicode | 1123 | Unicode |
| 1140, Unicode | 1140 | 1140, Unicode |
| 1141, Unicode | 1141 | 1141, Unicode |
| 1142, Unicode | 1142 | 1142, Unicode |
| 1143, Unicode | 1143 | 1143, Unicode |
| 1144, Unicode | 1144 | 1144, Unicode |
| 1145, Unicode | 1145 | 1145, Unicode |
| 1146, Unicode | 1146 | 1146, Unicode |
| 1147, Unicode | 1147 | 1147, Unicode |
| 1148, Unicode | 1148 | 1148, Unicode |
| 1149, Unicode | 1149 | 1149, Unicode |
| Unicode | 1153 | Unicode |
| Unicode | 1154 | Unicode |
| Unicode | 1155 | Unicode |
| Unicode | 1156 | Unicode |
| Unicode | 1157 | Unicode |
| Unicode | 1158 | Unicode |
| Unicode | 1160 | Unicode |
| Request: | Host: | Response: |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | 930 | Unicode |
| Unicode | 933 | Unicode |
| Unicode | 935 | Unicode |
| Unicode | 937 | Unicode |
| Unicode | 939 | Unicode |
| Unicode | 1364 | Unicode |
| Unicode | 1371 | Unicode |
| Unicode | 1388 | Unicode |
| Unicode | 1390 | Unicode |
| Unicode | 1399 | Unicode |
| Unicode | 5026 | Unicode |
| Unicode | 5035 | Unicode |