KbdSetCp

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

KbdSetCp

(Reserved, CodePageID, KbdHandle)

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.
rc (USHORT) - return
Return code descriptions are:
• 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.

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