SayScreen()  Output to screen without affecting attributes or cursor position
This will allow you to send text to screen without affecting output.
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Syntax

SayScreen( <cString>, [<nRow>], [<nColumn>]) --> cNull

Arguments

<cString> is the character string to output to the screen

<nRow> is the Row to output the string on. This parameter is optional.
The default row is the current row that the cursor is on.

<nColumn> is the Column to start outputting the text at. This
parameters is optional and defaults to the column that the cursor is
currently located at.

Returns

SayScreen() always returns a null string, or "".

Description

SayScreen() allow you to send a character string to the screen without
affecting any of the current screen attributes. It will not change the
cursor row or column and it will not affect the attributes on the
screen. Any characters that are overwritten, on the screen, with this
function will not have their attributes changed.

Notes

■ This function does not alter the cursor position.

Examples

■ Show the output text at the current cursor position:

SayScreen(" Output Text ")

■ Show output text at the current column position on line 0:

SayScreen(" Hey, this is line 0 ", 0)

■ Show output text at column 50, line 0:

SayScreen(" line 0 column 50 ", 0, 50)



Files: Library is MRWINDOW.LIB.