SAVE SCREEN
Save whole screen image and coordinate to an internal buffer
- Syntax
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- SAVE SCREEN
- Arguments
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- none.
- Returns
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- SAVE SCREEN always return NIL.
- Description
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- SAVE SCREEN save the image of the whole screen into an internal buffer, it also save current cursor position. The information could later be restored by REST SCREEN. Each call to SAVE SCREEN overwrite the internal buffer.
- SAVE SCREEN command is preprocessed into __XSaveScreen() function during compile time. Note that SAVE SCREEN TO is preprocessed into SAVESCREEN() function.
Examples
// save the screen, display list of files than restore the screen
SAVE SCREEN
DIR *.*
WAIT
RESTORE SCREEN
- Status
- Ready
- Compliance
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- __XSaveScreen() works exactly like CA-Clipper's __XSaveScreen()
- Platforms
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- __XSaveScreen() is part of the GT API, and supported only by some platforms.
- See Also