This request changes the device driver resident code page for the system and updates the zero entry of the Code Page Control Block.

Note 1

The AccentFlags field of the KeyDef record has seven flags that are individually set if a corresponding entry in the accent table applies to this scan code. If the key pressed immediately before the current one was an accent key and the bit for that accent is set in the AccentFlags field for the current key, the corresponding AccentTable entry is searched for the replacement character value to use. If no replacement is found and bit 6 of the XlateFlags1 field is set, the not-an-accent beep is sounded and the accent character and current character are passed as two separate characters. Also see Note 8.

Note 2

The KeyType field of the KeyDef record currently has the following values defined. The remaining values up to 1Fh are undefined. The effect of each type of shift is defined below. Except where otherwise noted, when no shifts are active, Char1 is the translated character. (See Note 3.) Notice that any of the Alt, Alt+Char, Alt+Shift, or Alt+Gr keys (or all of them) can be present on a keyboard based on the AltGrafL and AltGrafR bits in the XTableFlags1 flag WORD in the table header.

01h

AlphaKey. Alphabetical character key:

Shift

Uses Char2. If Caps Lock, uses Char1.
Caps Lock
Uses Char2. If Shift, uses Char1.
Ctrl
Set standard control code for this key's Char1 value. See Note 4.
Alt
Standard extended code. See Note 7.
Alt+Char
Uses Char3, if it is not 0.
Alt+Shift
Uses Char3, if it is not 0.
Alt+Gr
Uses Char3, if it is not 0.
02h
SpecKey. Special nonalphabetic character key, no Caps Lock or Alt:

Shift

Uses Char2.
Caps Lock
No effect, only depends on Shift, or Ctrl.
Ctrl
See Note 4.
Alt
Marked undefined.
Alt+Char
Uses Char3, if it is not 0.
Alt+Shift
Uses Char3, if it is not 0.
Alt+Gr
Uses Char3, if it is not 0.
03h
SpecKeyC. Special nonalphabetic character key with Caps Lock. See Note 15.

Shift

Uses Char2. If Caps Lock, uses Char1.
Caps Lock
Uses Char2. If Shift, uses Char1.
Ctrl
See Note 4.
Alt
Uses Char4, if not zero. See Note 7.
Alt+Char
Uses Char3, if it is not 0.
Alt+Shift
Uses Char3, if it is not 0.
Alt+Gr
Uses Char3, if it is not 0.
04h
SpecKeyA. Special nonalphabetic character key with Alt (no Caps Lock):

Shift

Uses Char2.
Caps Lock
No effect; depends on Shift, Ctrl, or Alt only.
Ctrl
See Notes 5 and 9.
Alt
See Notes 7 and 10.
Alt+Char
Uses Char3, if it is not 0.
Alt+Shift
Uses Char3, if it is not 0.
Alt+Gr
Uses Char3, if it is not 0.
05h
SpecKeyCA. Special nonalphabetic character key with Caps Lock and Alt:

Shift

Uses Char2. If Caps Lock, uses Char1.
Caps Lock
Uses Char2. If Shift, uses Char1.
Ctrl
See Note 4.
Alt
See Note 7.
Alt+Char
Uses Char3, if it is not 0.
Alt+Shift
Uses Char3, if it is not 0.
Alt+Gr
Uses Char3, if it is not 0.
06h
FuncKey. Function keys. Char1 = n in Fn; Char2 ignored. Sets extended codes 58+Char1, if no shift; if F11 or F12, uses 139 and 140.

Shift

Sets extended codes 83+Char1. F11 and F12 use 141 and 142, respectively.
Caps Lock
No effect on function keys.
Ctrl
Sets extended codes 93+Char1. F11 and F12 use 143 and 144, respectively.
Alt
Sets extended codes 103+Char1. F11 and F12 use 145 and 146, respectively.
Alt+Char
Uses Char3, if it is not 0.
Alt+Shift
Uses Char3, if it is not 0.
Alt+Gr
Uses Char3, if it is not 0.
07h
PadKey. Keypad keys (see Note 5 for definition of Char1). Note that nonshifted use of these keys is fixed to the extended codes:

Shift

Uses Char2, unless Num Lock. See Note 5.
Caps Lock
No effect on pad keys, unless Num Lock. See Note 5.
Ctrl
Sets extended codes. See Note 5.
Alt
Used to build a character. See Note 5.
Alt+Char
Uses Char3, if it is not 0.
Alt+Shift
Uses Char3, if it is not 0.
Alt+Gr
Uses Char3, if it is not 0.
08h
SpecCtlKey. Special action keys, when used with Ctrl pressed:

Shift

No effect on these keys.
Caps Lock
No effect on these keys.
Ctrl
Uses Char2.
Alt
See Note 7.
Alt+Char
Uses Char3, if it is not 0.
Alt+Shift
Uses Char3, if it is not 0.
Alt+Gr
Uses Char3, if it is not 0.
09h
PrtSc. Print Screen key; sets Char1 normally (see Note 17):

Shift

Signal the Print Screen function.
Caps Lock
No effect on this key.
Ctrl
Sets extended code and signals the Print Echo function.
Alt
Marked undefined.
Alt+Char
Uses Char3, if it is not 0.
Alt+Shift
Uses Char3, if it is not 0.
Alt+Gr
Uses Char3, if it is not 0.
0Ah
SysReq. System Request key; treated like a shift key. See Note 6.
0Bh
AccentKey. Keys that affect the next key pressed (also known as dead keys). Char1 is an index into the AccentTbl field of the XlateTable, selecting the AccentEntry that corresponds to this key. Char2 and Char3 do the same for the shifted Accent character. See Note 15.

Shift

Uses Char2 to index to applicable AccentEntry.
Caps Lock
No effect on this key.
Ctrl
Uses CtlAccent character from AccentEntry. See Note 8.
Alt
Uses AltAccent character from AccentEntry. See Note 8.
Alt+Char
Uses Char3 to index to applicable AccentEntry.
Alt+Shift
Uses Char3 to index to applicable AccentEntry.
Alt+Gr
Uses Char3 to index to applicable AccentEntry.

Note: Key types 0Ch - 13h set Char1 and Char2 to mask values as defined in Note 6.

0Ch

ShiftKeys. Shift or Ctrl key, sets and clears flags. Char1 holds the bits in the lower byte of the shift status WORD to set when the key is down and clear when the key is released. Char2 does the same thing for the upper byte of the shift status WORD unless the secondary key prefix (hex E0) is seen immediately prior to this key, in which case Char3 is used in place of Char2.
0Dh
ToggleKey. General toggle key (like Caps Lock). Char1 holds the bits in the lower byte of the shift status WORD to toggle on the first make of the key after it is pressed. Char2 holds the bits in the upper byte of the shift status WORD to set when the key is down and clear when the key is released unless the secondary key prefix (hex E0) is seen immediately prior to this key, in which case Char3 is used in place of Char2.
0Eh
AltKey. Treated just like ShiftKeys above, but has its own key type, because when seen, the accumulator used for Alt+PadKey entry is zeroed to prepare such entry (see Note 5). Sometimes this key is treated as the AltC/S/G key (that is, either Alt+Char, Alt+Shift, or Alt+Gr) if one of the AltGraf bits is on in XTableFlags1.
0Fh
Num Lock. Normally behaves like ToggleKey, but the physical keyboard device driver sets a pause screen indication when this key is used with the Ctrl key pressed. The pause is cleared on the following keystroke if that stroke is a character-generating key.
10h
Caps Lock. This key is treated as a type 0Dh toggle key. It has a separate entry here so that it can be processed like a Shift Lock key when that flag is set in the XTableFlags1 WORD in the header. When treated as a Shift Lock, the Caps Lock flag in the shift status WORD is set on on any make of this key, and only cleared when the left or right shift key is pressed. Char2 and Char3 are processed the same as ToggleKey.
11h
Scroll Lock. Normally behaves like ToggleKey but has a separate entry here. When used with Ctrl, it can be recognized as Ctrl+Break.
12h
XShiftKey. Extended Shift Key (for Country support). See Note 9.
13h
XToggleKey. Extended Toggle Key (for Country support). See Note 9.
14h
SpecKeyCS. Special key 1 for country keyboard processing. See Note 15.

Shift

Uses Char2.
Caps Lock
Uses Char4.
Ctrl
See Note 4.
Alt
See Note 7.
Alt+Char
Uses Char3.
Alt+Shift
Uses Char3.
Alt+Gr
Uses Char3.
Caps+Shift
Uses Char5.
15h
SpecKeyAS. Special key 2 for country keyboard processing. See Note 15.

Shift

Uses Char2.
Caps Lock
No effect on this key.
Ctrl
See Note 4.
Alt
Uses Char 4. See Note 14.
Alt+Char
Uses Char 3. See Note 14.
Alt+Shift
Uses Char 3. See Note 14.
Alt+Gr
Uses Char 3. See Note 14.
1Ah
Extended Extended key. This corresponds to the BIOS level support provided for INT 16h, Functions 20h, 21h, and 22h.

Shift

Uses Char2.
Caps Lock
No effect on this key.
Ctrl
Uses Char4.
Alt
Uses Char5.
Alt+Char
Uses Char 3, if not 0.
Alt+Shift
Uses Char 3, if not 0.
Alt+Gr
Uses Char 3, if not 0.
16-1FFh
Reserved, except for 1Ah, the Extended Extended key (see above).

Note 3

Undefined Character Code. Any key combination that does not fall into any of the defined categories. For example, the Ctrl key pressed along with a key that has no defined control mapping is mapped to the value 0, and the key type is set in the KeyPacket record indicating undefined translation. The KeyPacket record passed to the monitors, if installed, contain the original scan code in the ScanCode field and the 0 in the Character field for this key. Notice that no character data records with an undefined character code are placed in the keyboard input buffer.

Note 4

Ctrl Key. The six possible situations that can occur when a key is pressed with only the Ctrl+shift key are shown below:

• The key pressed is an AlphaKey character. In this case, the Ctrl plus Char1 combination defines one of the standard defined control codes (all numbers are decimal):

      Ctrl-   Mapping   Code Name        Ctrl-   Mapping   Code Name    -----   -------   ---------        -----   -------   ---------
        a        1         SOH             n       14         SO
        b        2         STX             o       15         SI
        c        3         ETX             p       16         DLE
        d        4         EOT             q       17         DC1
        e        5         ENQ             r       18         DC2
        f        6         ACK             s       19         DC3
        g        7         BEL             t       20         DC4
        h        8         BS              u       21         NAK
        i        9         HT              v       22         SYN
        j       10         LF              w       23         ETB
        k       11         VT              x       24         CAN
        l       12         FF              y       25         EM
        m       13         CR              z       26         SUB
  

  Notice that any key defined as AlphaKey uses the Char1 code value minus 96 (ASCII code for a) plus 1 to set the mapping shown above. Any scan code defined as AlphaKey must assign to Char1 one of the allowed lower case letters.

• The key pressed is a nonalpha character, such as [, but is not an action key, such as Enter, Backspace, or an arrow key. This is a SpecKey[C][A] in the list of key types in the previous example. In this case, with one exception, the mapping is based on the scan code of the key. Though the key can be relabeled, the Ctrl+Char combination is always mapped based on the scan code of the key using the following table (all numbers are decimal):

       Scan     US Kbd     Mapped     Name of
       Code     Legend     Value      New Code
       ----     ------     ------     --------
         3       2 @          0         Null
         7       6 ^         30         RS
        12       - _         31         US   (see Note below)
        26       [ {         27         Esc
        27       ] }         29         GS
        43       \ |         28         FS
  

  Note: The mapping for the hyphen character (-) is the one exception. The scan code for it is ignored; only the ASCII code for hyphen (decimal 45) is looked for in Char1 when mapping the Ctrl+- combination. This is because there can be more than one occurrence of the hyphen (-) key on the keyboard. The Ctrl+- (PadKey minus) combination produces character/scan code values of 00/8Eh, respectively.

  
  The key pressed is an action key such as Enter, Backspace, or an arrow key. These keys generate special values when used in conjunction with the Ctrl key. Those actions are defined in other notes where they apply. Two particular keys in this category are:

      Ctrl+Enter     = LF(010)
      Ctrl+Backspace = Del(127)
  

  
  The key pressed is a function key, F1 - F12. See the FuncKey description in Note 2.
  
  The key pressed is an accent key. See Note 8.
  
  The key is not defined in conjunction with Ctrl. In this case, the key is treated as undefined, as described in Note 3.

  Note 5

  PadKey. The pad keys have several uses that depend on various shift states. Some of them are based on their position on the keyboard. Because keyboard layouts change, the hard-coded assumed positions of the keypad keys, with the offset value that must be coded into Char1, are defined below. Any remapping must use the Char1 values shown below for the keys that correspond to the pad keys given by the Legend or Char2 values:

       US Kbd     Scan     Char1        Char2     Legend     Code     Required     US Kbd     With Ctrl
       -------    ----     ---------    -------    -----------
       Home  7     71      Decimal 0    ASCII 7    Decimal 119
       Up    8     72          "   1      "   8      "     141
       PgUp  9     73          "   2      "   9      "     132
             -     74          "   3      "   -      "     142
       Left  4     75          "   4      "   4      "     115
             5     76          "   5      "   5      "     143
       Right 6     77          "   6      "   6      "     116
             +     78          "   7      "   +      "     144
       End   1     79          "   8      "   1      "     117
       Down  2     80          "   9      "   2      "     145
       PgDn  3     81          "  10      "   3      "     118
       Ins   0     82          "  11      "   0      "     146
       Del   .     83          "  12      "   .      "     147
  

  Notice that when Num Lock is off, or if Shift is active and Num Lock on, the code returned is the extended code. The code returned corresponds to the Legends above (Home, PgUp, and so forth). When Num Lock is on, or if Shift is active and Num Lock is off, the code returned is Char2. Notice that the + and - keys also return Char2 when the shift key is down.

  When the Alt key is used with the PadKeys, the absolute value of the pressed key (looked up using the required Char1 value) is added to the accumulated value of any of the previous numeric keys pressed, without releasing the Alt key. Before adding the new number to the accumulated value, that accumulation is multiplied by ten, with overflow beyond 255 ignored. When Alt is released, the accumulation becomes a Character code and is passed along with a scan code of zero. Notice that if any key other than the 10 numeric keys is pressed, the accumulated value is reset to zero. When the keypad *, -, or + keys are pressed while the Alt key is down, the extended characters 55, 74, and 78 (decimal) are returned, respectively.

  When AltGraphics is used with the PadKeys, the Char3 value is returned if it is nonzero, and if an AltGraf bit is set in XTableFlags1; otherwise, it is treated the same as the Alt key.

  On the Enhanced keyboard, the secondary keypad keys return, as an extended character, the scan code of the key plus 80 (decimal) when pressed in conjunction with the Alt key. The secondary / key returns an extended character of 164, when pressed in conjunction with the Alt key.

  Note 6

  State Key. Each state key entry has Char1, Char2, and Char3 defined as follows:

  • Char1. A mask to set the appropriate bit in the low byte of the keyboard Shift Flags when the state key is pressed. When the state key is a toggle key, the set bit is toggled each additional time the key is pressed. When the state key is not a toggle key, the set bit is cleared when the key is released.

  • Char2. A mask to set the appropriate bit in the high byte of the Keyboard Shift Flags when the key is pressed.

  • Char3. Used in place of Char2 when the secondary key prefix is seen immediately prior to this key.

  The masks are shown below (numbers are in hex):

       Key            Char1    Char2    Char3     -----------    -----    -----    -----
       Right Shift      01       00       00
       Left Shift       02       00       00
       Ctrl Shift       04       01       04
       Alt Shift        08       02       08
       Scroll Lock      10       10       10
       Num Lock         20       20       20
       Caps Lock        40       40       40
       SysReq           00       80       80
  

  Notice that the INS key is not treated as a state key, but as a pad key. Also, SysReq is included here because it is treated as a shift key.

  Note 7

  Alt Character. Most of the keys defined in a category that allows the Alt key (AlphaKey, SpecKeyA, SpecKeyCA) return a value called an extended character. This value is a character code of 00H or E0H, with a second byte (using the ScanCode field of the CharData record) defining the extended code. In most cases, this value is the scan code of the key. Since the legend on these keys can be remapped on a foreign language keyboard, the Alt-based extended code is hard to define in a general sense. The following rules are used:

  • AlphaKey. The extended code is derived from Char1 (the lower-case character) as it was originally mapped on the PC keyboard. The original scan code value is the extended code that a character returns. These keys can be moved and will still return their original Alt extended codes.

  • SpecKeyA and SpecKeyCA. This category is used for all keys that are not an alphabetic character or an action code (like Enter or Backspace, the only exception being the Tab key, which is treated as a character). On foreign keyboards, these keys can be moved around and can have new values assigned to them, such as special punctuation symbols. Therefore, the Alt mappings must be based on the real scan code as any keys defined by the SpecKey_ classification will have only an Alt mapping, if it is in one of the positions defined below. In that case, the Alt extended code is as shown:

        Scan    US Kbd    Alt          Scan    US Kbd    Alt
        Code    Legend    Value        Code    Legend    Value
        ----    ------    -----        ----    ------    -----
          2      1 !       120          15      Tab       165
          3      2 @       121          26      [ {        26
          4      3 #       122          27      ] }        27
          5      4 $       123          28      Enter      28
          6      5 %       124          39      ; :        39
          7      6 ^       125          40      ' "        40
          8      7 &       126          41      ' ~        41
          9      8 *       127          43      \ |        43  (equals W.T.C. key number 42)
         10      9 (       128          51      , <        51
         11      0 )       129          52      . >        52
         12      - _       130          53      / ?        53
         13      = +       131
    

    The secondary / key returns an extended character of 164 when pressed while Alt is down.

  • FuncKey. Defined in Note 2.

  • SpecCtlKey. The Alt+ values of the Escape, Backspace, and Enter keys are extended characters equaling 1, 14, and 28 (decimal), respectively.

  When AltGraphics is used, the Char3 value is returned if it is nonzero and if an AltGraf bit is set in XTableFlags1. Otherwise, it is treated the same as the Alt key.

  Note 8

  Accent Key. When an accent key is pressed with Ctrl or Alt, it is treated as a regular key. The character it translates to is the one in the CtlAccent or AltAccent field of the AccentEntry pointed to by the Char5 value of the KeyDef. If the key being defined has no defined value with Ctrl or Alt, it should have zeros in the field of the undefined combination.

  When an accent key is pressed by itself (or with Right Shift, Left Shift, or AltGraphics), it is not translated immediately. The Char1 (or Char2, when Left or Right Shift or AltGraphics is used) index in the KeyDef record is used with the next key received to check if the next key has an accent mapping. If that next key has no mapping for this accent (that is, if it has no bit set in its AccentFlags), or if that next key is not found in this accent's AccentEntry, then the character value in the NonAccent field of the AccentEntry is used as the character to display. It is followed by the translation of that next key after the not-an-accent beep is sounded.

  Notice that if a key doesn't change when a Left or Right Shift key is pressed, it should use the same value for Char1 and Char2 so the accent applies in both the shifted and nonshifted cases. If the accent value is undefined when used with a shift key or AltGraphics, the value in Char2 or Char3 should be 0.

  Any accent key that doesn't have an Alt or Ctrl mapping should put zeros in the AltAccent and CtlAccent fields of its AccentEntry. If the value in the table is between 1 and 7, then the key is considered an accent key and further accent key processing is indicated. See Note 1 for more information.

  Note 9

  Extended State Key. For special Country support, the keyboard device driver maintains another byte of shift status. Key types 12h and 13h are provided for manipulation of that byte. The other fields of the KeyDef are:

  • Char1. A mask in which bits that are on define the field being used for the Char2 value. Only bits in the NLS shift status byte that correspond to the bits in this byte are altered by the Char2 value.

  • Char2. For KeyType 12h (Extended Shift), the value to OR into the byte when the make code is seen. Also, the inverted value is ANDed when the break code is seen. For KeyType 13h (Extended Toggle), the value XORed into the byte on each make code seen (break code ignored).

  • Char3. Use in place of the Char2 when the secondary key prefix (hex E0) is seen immediately prior to this key.

  For example, Char1 or Char2 can define single shift status bits to set/clear/toggle. Char2 can be a set of coded bits, delineated by Char1, that are set to a numeric value when the key is pressed and cleared to zero when released (or on the next press, if toggled). The whole byte can be set to Char2 when Char1 has all bits on.

  Note 10

  Space Key. The key treated as the space character should have a flag set in its AccentFlags field for each possible accent (that is, for each defined AccentEntry in the AccentTable). And each AccentEntry should have the Space character defined as one of its accented characters, with the translation having the same value as the accent character itself. The reason for this is that, by definition, an Accent Key followed by the space character maps to the accent character alone. If the table is not set up as just described, a not-an-accent beep is sounded whenever the accent key followed by a space is pressed.

  Notice that the space key is defined as a SpecKeyA (type 4) because its use, in conjunction with the Alt key, is allowed. In this case, and when used with the Ctrl key, it returns the ASCII space character. This works correctly, except in the case of the diaresis accent (double-dot) in code page 437. The space is treated as an invalid character and the beep result occurs, with the diaresis represented by double quotation marks. The characters displayed depend upon the language in effect when the invalid diaresis is encountered. For some languages, the character substituted is the double-quotation marks; for others, the character used is the F9h character.

  Note 11

  KbdType identifies the hardware-specific keyboard used by this table. The values and allowable types are the same as those specified in KBD_GETKEYBDTYPE.

  Note 12

  The DefaultTable flag in XtableFlags1 is used by the KEYB utility in loading code pages when changing from one language to another. It identifies the default code page to KEYB, should KEYB not find one or both CODEPAGE= defined code pages.

  Note 13

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  Note 14

  Keytype 15. When the Alt or Alt+Shift keys are pressed, both XlatedChar and XlatedScan in the CharData record will have the same value.

  Note 15

  If the Charx value is in the range of 1-7, then Charx identifies an accent key. Otherwise, Charx is treated as a valid ASCII character. This does not apply to Ctrl+Charx sequences.

  Note 16

  If Alt+Gr, Alt+Shift, or Alt+Ctrl are pressed, and Char3 is 0, the Alt key is used to translate to a valid result.

  Note 17

  The * key on the keypad of the Enhanced keyboard, although producing the same scan code/character as that of the IBM Personal Computer AT* keyboard, is treated differently because a dedicated Print Screen key exists on the Enhanced keyboard. The following scan codes/characters are returned by the physical keyboard device driver for the Enhanced keyboard * key on the keypad:

  Unshifted

  37H/2AH
  Shifted
  37H/2AH
  Ctrl
  96H/00
  Alt
  37H/00

  Note 18

  Size. The code page described here has the following dimensions:

      Xlate Header                =    40    127 KeyDefs @ 7 bytes       =   889
      7 AccentEntries @ 46 bytes  =   322
                                     ----
                                     1251 bytes
  

  If more than 6 AccentEntries are needed, then the following format is used: In the first 6 AccentEntries, the length is set at 20, with unused elements set to zero. For each AccentEntry of 7 and greater, up to 120 element pairs may exist, and the length is dynamic.

  For each AccentEntry of 7 and greater, the first byte in the record will contain the LENGTH of the AccentEntry record. The LENGTH value is defined as the total length in bytes of the AccentEntry record including the LENGTH byte.

  The record is defined as follows:

    AccEnt <l,a,b,c,d,e,f,c1,s1,c2,s2..c120,s120>
    where....
    l is the total length in bytes of the AccEnt including itself.
    a &b are the scan code &char to use when the key following this accent
    is not affected by the accent so the accent itself must be used.
    c &d are the scan code &char to use when Ctl+[accent] is pressed.
    e &f do the same for Alt+[accent].
    c1,s1 - c120,s120 are the char/scan code mapping for accented translation.
  

  Adding more than 7 accents will make the standard 1251-byte table an extended variable size.

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