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ScriptingOptions.Encoding Property

Gets or sets the encoding for the scripting options.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property Encoding As Encoding
    Get
    Set
'Usage
Dim instance As ScriptingOptions
Dim value As Encoding

value = instance.Encoding

instance.Encoding = value

public Encoding Encoding { get; set; }

public:
property Encoding^ Encoding {
    Encoding^ get ();
    void set (Encoding^ value);
}

member Encoding : Encoding with get, set

function get Encoding () : Encoding
function set Encoding (value : Encoding)

Property Value

Type: System.Text.Encoding
An Encoding object that specifies the encoding for the scripting options

Examples

The following code example specifies that the script will use UTF8 encoding.

Visual Basic

Dim srv As New Server("(local)")
Dim scrp As New ScriptingOptions(srv)
Dim sEnc As Encoding = Encoding.UTF8
scrp.Encoding = sEnc

PowerShell

$srv = New-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server("(local)")
$scrp = New-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.ScriptingOptions($srv)
$sEnc = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8
$scrp.Encoding = $sEnc