KbdSetCp (FAPI)

This call allows the process to set the code page used to translate key strokes received from the keyboard.

Syntax

KbdSetCp (Reserved, CodePageID, KbdHandle)

Parameters

Reserved (USHORT) - input

Reserved and must be set to zero.

CodePageID (USHORT) - input

CodePageID represents a code-page ID in the application's data area. The code-page ID must be equivalent to one of the code-page IDs specified on the CONFIG.SYS CODEPAGE = statement or 0000. If the code-page ID does not match one of the IDs on the CODEPAGE = statement, an error results.

The code-page word must have one of these code-page identifiers:

Identifier	Description
0	Resident code page
437	IBM PC US 437
850	Multilingual
860	Portuguese
863	Canadian-French
865	Nordic

KbdHandle (HKBD) - input

Default keyboard or the logical keyboard.

Return Code

rc (USHORT) - return

Return code descriptions are:

• 0 NO_ERROR
• 439 ERROR_KBD_INVALID_HANDLE
• 445 ERROR_KBD_FOCUS_REQUIRED
• 447 ERROR_KBD_KEYBOARD_BUSY
• 448 ERROR_KBD_INVALID_CODEPAGE
• 464 ERROR_KBD_DETACHED
• 504 ERROR_KBD_EXTENDED_SG

Remarks

Keyboard code page support is not available without the DEVINFO=KBD statement in the CONFIG.SYS file. Refer to IBM Operating System/2 Standard Edition Version 1.2 Using Advanced Features for a complete description of CODEPAGE and DEVINFO.

Bindings

C

#define INCL_KBD

USHORT  rc = KbdSetCp(Reserved, CodePageID, KbdHandle);

USHORT  Reserved;      /* Reserved (must be zero) */
USHORT  CodePageID;    /* code page ID */
HKBD    KbdHandle;     /* Keyboard handle */

USHORT  rc;            /* return code */

MASM

EXTRN  KbdSetCp:FAR
INCL_KBD            EQU 1

PUSH   WORD    Reserved      ;Reserved (must be zero)
PUSH   WORD    CodePageID    ;code page ID
PUSH   WORD    KbdHandle     ;Keyboard handle
CALL   KbdSetCp

Returns WORD