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.