Japanese Windows 95 Doesn't Support Console Keisen Ruled Lines

This article was previously published under Q145925

Windows 95 Japanese Edition does not and will not support keisen (ruled line) character attributes for the SetConsoleTextAttribute API. Keisen are incorporated into Windows NT for OS/2-J console applications compatibility.

These attributes are designed for IBM-J's local video display adapter's hardware attribute sets.

The include file Wincon.h includes the keisen attribute settings for lead/trail byte, reverse fore/back ground, overline/underline, left and right line. However, these attributes are ignored by the Windows 95 implementation of SetConsoleTextAttribute.

#define COMMON_LVB_LEADING_BYTE    0x0100 // Leading Byte of DBCS
#define COMMON_LVB_TRAILING_BYTE   0x0200 // Tlailing Byte of DBCS
#define COMMON_LVB_GRID_HORIZONTAL 0x0400 // DBCS: Grid attribute: top
                                          // horizontal.
#define COMMON_LVB_GRID_LVERTICAL  0x0800 // DBCS: Grid attribute: left
                                          // vertical.
#define COMMON_LVB_GRID_RVERTICAL  0x1000 // DBCS: Grid attribute: right
                                          // vertical.
#define COMMON_LVB_REVERSE_VIDEO   0x4000 // DBCS: Reverse fore/back
                                          // ground attribute.
#define COMMON_LVB_UNDERSCORE      0x8000 // DBCS: Underscore.