Q135484: Windows 95 CD-ROM Msdosdrv.txt File (1 of 2)
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Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows 95
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SUMMARY
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This article contains a partial copy of the information in the Msdosdrv.txt file
from the Windows 95 CD-ROM. This article is the first of two articles.
MORE INFORMATION
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Microsoft Windows 95 README for MS-DOS Device Drivers
August 1995
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(c) Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 1995
This document provides complementary or late-breaking information to
supplement the Microsoft Windows 95 documentation.
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How to Use This Document
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To view Msdosdrv.txt on screen in Notepad, maximize the Notepad
window.
To print Msdosdrv.txt, open it in Notepad or another word processor,
then use the Print command on the File menu.
In syntax lines, except where noted, lowercase text signifies
replaceable parameters and uppercase text must be typed as it appears.
NOTE: The Config.txt file contains more Help for MS-DOS commands. Also
you can type the name of the command at the command prompt, followed
by a slash and question mark (/?). For example:
CHKDSK /?
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CONTENTS
ANSI.SYS
DBLBUFF.SYS
DISPLAY.SYS
DRVSPACE.SYS, DBLSPACE.SYS
EGA.SYS
EMM386.EXE
HIMEM.SYS
RAMDRIVE.SYS
SETVER.EXE
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ANSI.SYS
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Note: In this section, uppercase letters in syntax and ANSI escape
sequences indicate text you must type exactly as it appears.
Defines functions that change display graphics, control cursor
movement, and reassign keys. The ANSI.SYS device driver supports ANSI
terminal emulation of escape sequences to control your system's screen
and keyboard. An ANSI escape sequence is a sequence of ASCII
characters, the first two of which are the escape character (1Bh) and
the left-bracket character (5Bh). The character or characters
following the escape and left-bracket characters specify an
alphanumeric code that controls a keyboard or display function.
ANSI escape sequences distinguish between uppercase and lowercase
letters; for example,"A" and "a" have completely different meanings.
This device driver must be loaded by a DEVICE or DEVICEHIGH command in
your CONFIG.SYS file.
Syntax
DEVICE=[drive:][path]ANSI.SYS [/X] [/K] [/R]
Parameter
[drive:][path]
Specifies the location of the ANSI.SYS file.
Switches
/X
Remaps extended keys independently on 101-key keyboards.
/K
Causes ANSI.SYS to treat a 101-key keyboard like an 84-key
keyboard. This is equivalent to the command SWITCHES=/K.
If you usually use the SWITCHES=/K command, you will need
to use the /K switch with ANSI.SYS.
/R
Adjusts line scrolling to improve readability when ANSI.SYS
is used with screen-reading programs (which make computers
more accessible to people with disabilities).
Parameters used in ANSI escape sequences:
Pn
Numeric parameter. Specifies a decimal number.
Ps
Selective parameter. Specifies a decimal number that you use to
select a function. You can specify more than one function by
separating the parameters with semicolons (;).
PL
Line parameter. Specifies a decimal number that represents one of
the lines on your display or on another device.
Pc
Column parameter. Specifies a decimal number that represents one
of the columns on your screen or on another device.
ANSI escape sequences for cursor movement, graphics, and keyboard
settings:
In the following list of ANSI escape sequences, the abbreviation ESC
represents the ASCII escape character 27 (1Bh), which appears at the
beginning of each escape sequence.
ESC[PL;PcH
Cursor Position: Moves the cursor to the specified position
(coordinates). If you do not specify a position, the cursor moves
to the home position--the upper-left corner of the screen (line 0,
column 0). This escape sequence works the same way as the following
Cursor Position escape sequence.
ESC[PL;Pcf
Cursor Position: Works the same way as the preceding Cursor
Position escape sequence.
ESC[PnA
Cursor Up: Moves the cursor up by the specified number of lines
without changing columns. If the cursor is already on the top line,
ANSI.SYS ignores this sequence.
ESC[PnB
Cursor Down: Moves the cursor down by the specified number of lines
without changing columns. If the cursor is already on the bottom
line, ANSI.SYS ignores this sequence.
ESC[PnC
Cursor Forward: Moves the cursor forward by the specified number of
columns without changing lines. If the cursor is already in the
rightmost column, ANSI.SYS ignores this sequence.
ESC[PnD
Cursor Backward: Moves the cursor back by the specified number of
columns without changing lines. If the cursor is already in the
leftmost column, ANSI.SYS ignores this sequence.
ESC[s
Save Cursor Position: Saves the current cursor position. You can
move the cursor to the saved cursor position by using the Restore
Cursor Position sequence.
ESC[u
Restore Cursor Position: Returns the cursor to the position stored
by the Save Cursor Position sequence.
ESC[2J
Erase Display: Clears the screen and moves the cursor to the home
position (line 0, column 0).
ESC[K
Erase Line: Clears all characters from the cursor position to the
end of the line (including the character at the cursor position).
ESC[Ps;...;Psm
Set Graphics Mode: Calls the graphics functions specified by the
following values. These specified functions remain active until the
next occurrence of this escape sequence. Graphics mode changes the
colors and attributes of text (such as bold and underline)
displayed on the screen.
Text attributes
0 All attributes off
1 Bold on
4 Underscore (on monochrome display adapter only)
5 Blink on
7 Reverse video on
8 Concealed on
Foreground colors
30 Black
31 Red
32 Green
33 Yellow
34 Blue
35 Magenta
36 Cyan
37 White
Background colors
40 Black
41 Red
42 Green
43 Yellow
44 Blue
45 Magenta
46 Cyan
47 White
Parameters 30 through 47 meet the ISO 6429 standard.
ESC[=psh
Set Mode: Changes the screen width or type to the mode specified
by one of the following values:
0 40 x 148 x 25 monochrome (text)
1 40 x 148 x 25 color (text)
2 80 x 148 x 25 monochrome (text)
3 80 x 148 x 25 color (text)
4 320 x 148 x 200 4-color (graphics)
5 320 x 148 x 200 monochrome (graphics)
6 640 x 148 x 200 monochrome (graphics)
7 Enables line wrapping
13 320 x 148 x 200 color (graphics)
14 640 x 148 x 200 color (16-color graphics)
15 640 x 148 x 350 monochrome (2-color graphics)
16 640 x 148 x 350 color (16-color graphics)
17 640 x 148 x 480 monochrome (2-color graphics)
18 640 x 148 x 480 color (16-color graphics)
19 320 x 148 x 200 color (256-color graphics)
ESC[=Psl
Reset Mode: Resets the mode by using the same values that Set Mode
uses, except for 7, which disables line wrapping. The last
character in this escape sequence is a lowercase L.
ESC[code;string;...p
Set Keyboard Strings: Redefines a keyboard key to a specified
string. The parameters for this escape sequence are defined as
follows:
Code is one or more of the values listed in the following
table. These values represent keyboard keys and key combinations.
When using these values in a command, you must type the
semicolons (;) shown in this table in addition to the semicolons
required by the escape sequence. The codes in parentheses are not
available on some keyboards. ANSI.SYS will not interpret the
codes in parentheses for those keyboards unless you specify the
/X switch in the DEVICE command for ANSI.SYS.
String is either the ASCII code for a single character or a
string contained in quotation marks ("). For example, both 65 and
"A" can be used to represent an uppercase A.
IMPORTANT: Some of the values in the following table are not valid
for all computers. Check your computer's documentation for values that
are different.
Key Code SHIFT+code CTRL+code ALT+code
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F1 0;59 0;84 0;94 0;104
F2 0;60 0;85 0;95 0;105
F3 0;61 0;86 0;96 0;106
F4 0;62 0;87 0;97 0;107
F5 0;63 0;88 0;98 0;108
F6 0;64 0;89 0;99 0;109
F7 0;65 0;90 0;100 0;110
F8 0;66 0;91 0;101 0;111
F9 0;67 0;92 0;102 0;112
F10 0;68 0;93 0;103 0;113
F11 0;133 0;135 0;137 0;139
F12 0;134 0;136 0;138 0;140
HOME (num keypad) 0;71 55 0;119 --
UP ARROW (num keypad) 0;72 56 (0;141) --
PAGE UP (num keypad) 0;73 57 0;132 --
LEFT ARROW (num keypad) 0;75 52 0;115 --
RIGHT ARROW (num 0;77 54 0;116 --
keypad)
END (num keypad) 0;79 49 0;117 --
DOWN ARROW (num keypad) 0;80 50 (0;145) --
PAGE DOWN (num keypad) 0;81 51 0;118 --
INSERT (num keypad) 0;82 48 (0;146) --
DELETE (num keypad) 0;83 46 (0;147) --
HOME (224;71) (224;71) (224;119) (224;151)
UP ARROW (224;72) (224;72) (224;141) (224;152)
PAGE UP (224;73) (224;73) (224;132) (224;153)
LEFT ARROW (224;75) (224;75) (224;115) (224;155)
RIGHT ARROW (224;77) (224;77) (224;116) (224;157)
END (224;79) (224;79) (224;117) (224;159)
DOWN ARROW (224;80) (224;80) (224;145) (224;154)
PAGE DOWN (224;81) (224;81) (224;118) (224;161)
INSERT (224;82) (224;82) (224;146) (224;162)
DELETE (224;83) (224;83) (224;147) (224;163)
PRINT SCREEN -- -- 0;114 --
PAUSE/BREAK -- -- 0;0 --
BACKSPACE 8 8 127 (0)
ENTER 13 -- 10 (0
TAB 9 0;15 (0;148) (0;165)
NULL 0;3 -- -- --
A 97 65 1 0;30
B 98 66 2 0;48
C 99 66 3 0;46
D 100 68 4 0;32
E 101 69 5 0;18
F 102 70 6 0;33
G 103 71 7 0;34
H 104 72 8 0;35
I 105 73 9 0;23
J 106 74 10 0;36
K 107 75 11 0;37
L 108 76 12 0;38
M 109 77 13 0;50
N 110 78 14 0;49
O 111 79 15 0;24
P 112 80 16 0;25
Q 113 81 17 0;16
R 114 82 18 0;19
S 115 83 19 0;31
T 116 84 20 0;20
U 117 85 21 0;22
V 118 86 22 0;47
W 119 87 23 0;17
X 120 88 24 0;45
Y 121 89 25 0;21
Z 122 90 26 0;44
1 49 33 -- 0;120
2 50 64 0 0;121
3 51 35 -- 0;122
4 52 36 -- 0;123
5 53 37 -- 0;124
6 54 94 30 0;125
7 55 38 -- 0;126
8 56 42 -- 0;126
9 57 40 -- 0;127
0 48 41 -- 0;129
- 45 95 31 0;130
= 61 43 --- 0;131
[ 91 123 27 0;26
] 93 125 29 0;27
92 124 28 0;43
; 59 58 -- 0;39
' 39 34 -- 0;40
, 44 60 -- 0;51
. 46 62 -- 0;52
/ 47 63 -- 0;53
` 96 126 -- (0;41)
ENTER (keypad) 13 -- 10 (0;166)
/ (keypad) 47 47 (0;142) (0;74)
* (keypad) 42 (0;144) (0;78) --
- (keypad) 45 45 (0;149) (0;164)
+ (keypad) 43 43 (0;150) (0;55)
5 (keypad) (0;76) 53 (0;143) --
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