Graftabl

Enables the ability to display an extended character set in graphics mode.

Syntax

graftabl [xxx] [/status]

Parameters

xxx   : Specifies the code page for which you want the appearance of extended characters in graphics mode defined. The following table lists each valid code page identification number and its Country/Region or language.

/status : Identifies the code page that graftabl is using.

/?   : Displays help at the command prompt.

Remarks

• For information about using code pages, see chcp or mode (set device code pages) in Related Topics.

• Graftabl does not change the console input code page. Graftabl affects only the monitor display of extended characters of the code page you specify. To change the code page you are using, use the mode or chcp command.

• Understanding graftabl exit codes

  The following table lists each exit code and a brief description of it.

  Exit code	Description
  0	Character set was loaded successfully. No previous code page was loaded.
  1	An incorrect parameter was specified. No action was taken.
  2	A file error occurred.

• You can use the errorlevel parameter on the if command line in a batch program to process exit codes returned by graftabl.

Examples

To load the graphics character set for code page 437 (United States) into memory, type:

graftabl 437

To load the graphics character set for code page 850 (multilingual) into memory, type:

graftabl 850

Formatting legend

Chcp

Mode

If

Command-line reference A-Z