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 graftabl(CMD)                   19 June 1992                   graftabl(CMD)


 Name

    graftabl - enable MS-DOS to display the extended characters of a
    specified code page in graphics mode

 Syntax


    graftabl [xxx]

    graftabl /status


 Description

    Most monitors can display extended characters (ASCII characters 128
    through 255) without the graftabl command.  Use this command only if your
    monitor does not properly display these characters in graphics mode.

 Parameter


    xxx     Specifies the code page for which you want MS-DOS to define the
            appearance of extended characters in graphics mode.  The
            following list shows each valid code-page identification number
            and its country or language:

                 437  United States

                 850  Multilingual (Latin I)

                 852  Slavic (Latin II)

                 860  Portuguese

                 863  Canadian-French

                 865  Nordic


 Switch


    /status Identifies the code page selected for use by graftabl.


 Notes


    graftabl does not change the active code page

    graftabl affects only the appearance of extended characters of the code
    page you specify.  To change the code page you are using, use the mode or
    chcp command.

    graftabl exit codes

    The following list shows each exit code and a brief description of its
    meaning:

        0   Character set was loaded successfully; no previous code page was
            loaded.

        1   Character set was already loaded and replaced by new table.

        2   A file error occurred.

        3   An incorrect parameter was specified; no action was taken.

        4   An incorrect version of MS-DOS is in use; version 5.0 is
            required.

    You can use the errorlevel parameter on the if command line in a batch
    program to process exit codes returned by graftabl.  For an example of a
    batch program that processes exit codes, see the backup command.

    Effect on memory

    The graftabl command decreases the amount of available conventional mem-
    ory by about 1K.

 Example

    To load the graphics character set for code page 437 into memory, type
    the following command:

       graftabl


 Related commands

    For information about using code pages, see the chcp and mode (set device
    code pages) commands.


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