Returns a string from the PASSPORT terminal emulation screen
ret = GetString (row, column, length)
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ret |
String, output |
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The string to contain the data read from the PASSPORT screen. |
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row |
Integer, input |
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The starting row position in the PASSPORT screen. |
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column |
Integer, input |
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The starting column position in the PASSPORT screen. |
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length |
Integer, input |
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The number of characters to read. |
This function reads a string from the PASSPORT terminal emulator screen at the specified position. Row 1 column 1 indicates the home position in the upper left corner of the screen.
In the example, a 10 character string is read from the PASSPORT terminal emulator screen position row 1 column 1 and returned in the text variable called nString.
This is a PASSPORT function.
Example
Sub ZMain()
Dim strText, nRet
Dim nString
nString = GetString (1,1,20)
strText = "Text String = " & nString
nRet = MsgBox (strText, 0, "Text String")
End Sub