Tandy 1000 MS-DOS Reference Manual page 60

Chapter 6 / Command Reference
BREAK Internal
BREAK switch
Turns the
[CTRL
I
[TI check on or off or displays the current set-
ting. The BREAK command affects only application programs. It
has no affect at the MS-DOS command level or to BASIC
programs.
Parameters
switch can be ON or OFF.
ON tells MS-DOS to check for
I
CTRL
I
[TI from the keyboard
whenever an application program makes any type of MS-
DOS function call.
OFF tells MS-DOS to check for a
!
CTRL
I
[TI only when a
screen, keyboard, printer, or serial port function call is
made.
If you omit both ON and OFF, MS-DOS displays the current set-
ting of BREAK.
Examples
b rEa k 0
ff
I
ENTER
I
turns off the MS-DOS
[CTRL
I
[TI check. Use this command before
running an application program that uses the
[CRTL]
m
function
key. Pressing
I
CTRL
I
[TI will affect your program instead of the
operating system.
b rEa k 0 n
I
ENTER
I
turns the
[CTRL
I
[TI check on. Use this command after you have
finished running your application program and are planning to
use MS-DOS.
b
rEa
k [ENTER
I
displays the current setting of the
I
CTRL
I
[IJ check.
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