/sys$common/syshlp/helplib.hlb CC, Run-time functions, iconv_open  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

  Allocates a conversion descriptor for a specified codeset
  conversion.

  Syntax:

       #include <iconv.h>

       iconv_t iconv_open (const char *tocode, const char *fromcode);