Keyboard Function Calls

This section reflects the Keyboard API interface of OS/2 only.

For information regarding the keyboard IOCTL interface and keyboard monitor refer to IBM Operating System/2 Version 1.2 I/O Subsystems And Device Support Volume 1.

Notes:

• Calls marked xPM are not supported by Presentation Manager, and must not be used by Presentation Manager applications. An error code is returned if any of these calls are issued.

• Calls marked xWPM are not windowable and are not supported by Presentation Manager. They can be used in OS/2 mode.

• Calls marked FAPI are present in the Family API.
  

        ┌────────────────────────────────────┐
        │   FUNCTION CALL        ICON        │
        ├────────────────────────────────────┤
        │   KbdCharIn            FAPI xPM    │
        ├────────────────────────────────────┤
        │   KbdClose             xPM         │
        ├────────────────────────────────────┤
        │   KbdDeRegister        xWPM        │
        ├────────────────────────────────────┤
        │   KbdFlushBuffer       FAPI xPM    │
        ├────────────────────────────────────┤
        │   KbdFreeFocus         xPM         │
        ├────────────────────────────────────┤
        │   KbdGetCp             xPM         │
        ├────────────────────────────────────┤
        │   KbdGetFocus          xPM         │
        ├────────────────────────────────────┤
        │   KbdGetStatus         FAPI xPM    │
        ├────────────────────────────────────┤
        │   KbdOpen              xPM         │
        ├────────────────────────────────────┤
        │   KbdPeek              FAPI xPM    │
        ├────────────────────────────────────┤
        │   KbdRegister          xWPM        │
        ├────────────────────────────────────┤
        │   KbdSetCp             xPM         │
        ├────────────────────────────────────┤
        │   KbdSetCustXt         xPM         │
        ├────────────────────────────────────┤
        │   KbdSetFgnd           xPM         │
        ├────────────────────────────────────┤
        │   KbdSetStatus         FAPI xPM    │
        ├────────────────────────────────────┤
        │   KbdStringIn          FAPI xPM    │
        ├────────────────────────────────────┤
        │   KbdSynch             xWPM        │
        ├────────────────────────────────────┤
        │   KbdXlate             xPM         │
        └────────────────────────────────────┘
  

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