The system gets information on encoding from the encoding.dat file supplied with QAD Standard Edition. This file includes code page information for Progress, Java, HTML/XML, and XSL. The code page values vary for Windows and UNIX operating systems and are tailored by the installation scripts.

The system uses encoding information to correctly display language-specific characters in the user interface. Typically, system administrators do not need to add or edit information in encoding.dat. All required information is in the file.

The QAD .NET UI also uses the dtencode.dat file supplied with the QAD UI media and located in com/mfgpro and com/qad/mfgpro. This file is tailored by the MFG/UTIL scripts when necessary, and should not require manual updates.