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# I18N_UTF8TOMULTIBYTE

This Windows-only function converts a UTF-8 string to the multibyte representation of that string in the operating system's default encoding.

Note: The output encoding is the system default Windows ANSI code page.

For more information, see Internationalizing Code.

## Syntax

Multibyte_String = I18N_UTF8TOMULTIBYTE(UTF8_String)

## Return Value

Returns a multibyte representation of a UTF-8 string.

## Argument

### UTF8_String

The UTF-8 string to be converted.

## Properties

None

## Version History

8.1 | Introduced

## See Also

I18N_MULTIBYTETOUTF8, I18N_MULTIBYTETOWIDECHAR, I18N_WIDECHARTOMULTIBYTE