Field help (AOECODDBA)

It defines the format of the characters used in the file :

• ascii is the standard format where a character is equivalent to a byte in the file. This type of format is used to deal with traditional occidental characters, with different possible character sets, defined in the corresponding field.
• utf8 corresponds to a UNICODE format where the number of characters varies (from 1 to 4, 1 corresponding to the non-accentuated latin character set). This format makes it possible to deal with all types of characters, for instance the Chinese characters.
• ucs2 corresponds to Microsoft's standard format where characters are systematically stored on 2 bytes.