The description below is from the book DOS the Easy Way by Everett Murdock Ph.D.
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Type: External (3.0 and later)
Syntax:
GRAFTABL [(code page)]
GRAFTABL [/status]
Purpose: Loads a table of character data into memory (used with
color/graphics adapters). (In DOS Version 6, this program is stored on
the DOS
supplemental disk.)
Discussion
Used to load the table of displayable characters to those appropriate for
the
specified country (when in graphics mode using a color/graphics
adapter). After
using this command, the ASCII characters 128 through 255 can be displayed
in
graphics mode with a color/graphics adapter.
The normal code page is set for the United States with versions of MS-DOS
sold
in the U.S.
Using the GRAFTABL command reduces the amount of available memory by 1360
bytes.
Using the GRAFTABL command resets the ERRORLEVEL code according to the
following
table:
0 Code page now resident; no previous code page was set.
1 If a new code page was specified, it is now resident. There was
a code
page table previously loaded; it was replaced by the current request.
2 No code page table was previously loaded; no new table loaded.
3 Incorrect parameter; no new table loaded.
4 Incorrect version of DOS; DOS Version 3.30 required.
Options
code page The available code pages and related countries are:
437 United States
860 Portugal
863 Canada (French)
865 Norway and Denmark
/status - Displays the number of the currently selected code page.
Example
To load the GRAFTABL for Norway and Denmark, enter
graftabl 865
For more information about this command, refer to the downloadable book DOS the Easy Way.
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