Purpose: Loads a program that replaces the support program for
U. S.
keyboards.
Discussion
The two letter code, xx must be one of the following:
US UNITED STATES
FR FRANCE
GR GERMANY
IT ITALY
SP SPAIN
UK UNITED KINGDOM
PO PORTUGAL
SG SWISS-GERMAN
SF SWISS-FRENCH
DK DENMARK
BE BELGIUM
NL NETHERLANDS
NO NORWAY
LA LATIN AMERICA
SV SWEDEN
SU FINLAND
The three letter code, yyy represents the code page that defines the
character
set (refer to the GRAFTABL command for more information on code page
usage).
The filename you specify is the keyboard definition file.
If you use this command without options , the program will display the
current
keyboard code setting, the related code page, and the current code page
setting.
You can change from the current KEYB setting to the United States
keyboard
format by pressing and holding the Ctrl key while pressing the Alt and F1
keys
simultaneously. Return to the previous KEYB setting by pressing and
holding the
Ctrl key while pressing the Alt and F2 keys simultaneously.
Using the KEYB command resets the ERRORLEVEL code according to the
following
table:
0 Successful execution
1 Invalid language, code page, or incorrect syntax
2 Bad or missing keyboard definition file
3 The keyboard table could not be created
4 An error was encountered during communication with the COM device
5 The code page has not been prepared
6 The translation table for the selected code page could not be
found in
the keyboard table
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