KbdGetCp

Bindings: C, MASM

This call allows a process to query the code page being used to translate scan codes to ASCII characters.

KbdGetCp (Reserved, CodePageID, KbdHandle)

Reserved (ULONG) - input Reserved and must be set to zero.

CodePageID (PUSHORT) - output Address of the code page ID located in the application's data area. The keyboard support copies the current code page ID for a specified keyboard handle into this word. The code page ID is equivalent to one of the code page IDs specified in the CONFIG.SYS CODEPAGE = statement or 0000.

KbdHandle (HKBD) - input Default keyboard or the logical keyboard.

rc (USHORT) - return Return code descriptions are:

0 NO_ERROR
373 ERROR_KBD_PARAMETER
439 ERROR_KBD_INVALID_HANDLE
445 ERROR_KBD_FOCUS_REQUIRED
447 ERROR_KBD_KEYBOARD_BUSY
464 ERROR_KBD_DETACHED
504 ERROR_KBD_EXTENDED_SG

Remarks

The CodePageID is the currently active keyboard code page. A value of 0 indicates the code page translation table in use is the ROM code page translation table provided by the hardware.

C bindings

#define INCL_KBD
 
USHORT  rc = KbdGetCp(Reserved, CodePageID, KbdHandle);
 
ULONG            Reserved;      /* Reserved (must be zero) */
PUSHORT          CodePageID;    /* Code Page ID */
HKBD             KbdHandle;     /* Keyboard handle */
 
USHORT           rc;            /* return code */

MASM bindings

EXTRN  KbdGetCp:FAR
INCL_KBD            EQU 1
 
PUSH   DWORD   Reserved      ;Reserved (must be zero)
PUSH@  WORD    CodePageID    ;Code Page ID
PUSH   WORD    KbdHandle     ;Keyboard handle
CALL   KbdGetCp
 
Returns WORD