Country Info Block

 This topic covers the ExtCountryInfoRec returned by fn 38H (AL>0).  For
 the structure obtained via the newer fn 6501H, see ExtCountryInfoRec.

 DOS 2.x returns an abridged country info record (see below).

CountryInfoRec
  Offset Size Contents
  ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
   +0      2  wDateFormat  0=USA (m d y), 1=Europe (d m y), 2=Japan (y m d)
   +2      5  szCrncySymb  currency symbol (ASCIIZ▲)
   +7      2  szThouSep    thousands separator (ASCIIZ)
   +9      2  szDecSep     decimal separator (ASCIIZ)
  +0bH     2  szDateSep    date separator (ASCIIZ)
  +0dH     2  szTimeSep    time separator (ASCIIZ)
  +0fH     1  bCrncyFlags  currency format flags
  +10H     1  bCrncyDigits decimals digits in currency
  +11H     1  bTimeFormat  time format
  +12H     4  pfCasemap    Casemap FAR call address
  +16H     2  szDataSep    data list separator (ASCIIZ)
  +18H    10  res          reserved zeros
          34               length of return buffer

   Notes: ■ See ExtCountryInfoRec for descriptions of these fields (the
            meanings are the same, but offsets differ).

          ■ When running under DOS version 2.x,  DOS returns a simpler data
            structure:

DOS 2.x CountryInfoRec
  Offset Size Contents
  ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
   +0      2  wDateFormat  0=USA (m d y), 1=Europe (d m y), 2=Japan (y m d)
   +2      5  szCrncySymb  currency symbol (ASCIIZ▲)
   +7      2  szThouSep    thousands separator (ASCIIZ)
   +9      2  szDecSep     decimal separator (ASCIIZ)
  +0bH    21  res          reserved)
          32               size of this structure

See Also: National Language Support
          Data Structures
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