graftabl
Enables the ability to display an extended character set in
graphics mode.
Important
- This tool is not available on the Itanium-based versions of the Windows operating systems.
- This tool is not available on the x64-based versions of the Windows operating systems.
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.ValueCountry/Region437United
States850Multilingual (Latin I)852Slavic (Latin
II)855Cyrillic
(Russian)857Turkish860Portuguese861Icelandic863Canadian-French865Nordic866Russian869Modern
Greek
/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.
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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
| Format | Meaning |
| Italic | Information that the user must supply |
| Bold | Elements that the user must type exactly as shown |
| Ellipsis (...) | Parameter that can be repeated several times in a command line |
| Between brackets ([]) | Optional items |
| Between braces ({}); choices separated by pipe (|). Example: {even|odd} | Set of choices from which the user must choose only one |
| Courier font | Code or program output |