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Attachmate.Reflection.Objects.Emulation.OpenSystems Library / Screen Object

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    Screen Object Methods
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    For a list of all members of this type, see Screen members.

    Public Methods
     NameDescription
    Public MethodClears all display memory including the currently displayed screen.  
    Public MethodRemoves all events defined via DefineEvent.  
    Public MethodClears the current screen in display memory.  
    Public MethodClears current selection. Does not apply to VT terminal emuations.  
    Public MethodCopies ASCII text data to the Clipboard.  
    Public MethodCopies data to the Clipboard.  
    Public MethodCopies data to the Clipboard given the CopyFormatOption.  
    Public MethodAppends selected text to the end of the Clipboard.  
    Public MethodAppends selected text to the end of the Clipboard.  
    Public Method

    Copies selected text to one of four clipboard buffers. If an invalid bufferNum value is specified, the request is ignored.

    Note: This property is supported only by the InfoConnect Desktop product. It is not supported by other Micro Focus products.

     
    Public MethodDefines a specific event. The event remains defined until it is removed with a RemoveEvent or ClearEvent call or the host session is closed.  
    Public MethodDisplays the specified local file on the terminal screen.  
    Public MethodDisplays a string in the terminal window as though it had been received from the host.  
    Public MethodDisplays a string in the terminal window as though it had been received from the host.  
    Public MethodSelects all text in the terminal window between the specified starting and ending coordinates.  
    Public MethodSelects all text in the terminal window in all rows between the specified starting and ending coordinates.  
    Public MethodGets the ScreenCharacter at the specified location.  
    Public MethodRetrieves character attributes for the specified position on the screen.  
    Public MethodGets ScreenCharacter objects from the specified location, each representing one character at a screen location.  
    Public MethodRetrieves text from the specified screen region. Text from the "wrapped" region is returned.  
    Public MethodRetrieves text from the specified screen region. Text from the "wrapped" region is returned.  
    Public MethodRetrieves text from the specified screen region.  
    Public MethodLocks the screen and prevents input from the keyboard.  
    Public MethodCopies data from the Clipboard to the current cursor location.  
    Public Method

    Pastes data from one of four clipboard buffers. If an invalid bufferNum value is specified, or if the specified clipboard buffer does not contain data, the request is ignored.

    Note: This property is supported only by the InfoConnect Desktop product. It is not supported by other Micro Focus products.

     
    Public MethodReads a specified number of characters from the host.  
    Public MethodReads a specified number of characters from the host.  
    Public MethodReads a specified number of characters from the host.  
    Public MethodReads data from the host until a line-feed character is encountered.  
    Public MethodReads data from the host until a line-feed character is encountered.  
    Public MethodReads data from the host until a line-feed character is encountered.  
    Public MethodReads data from the host until one of the specified terminator characters is received. The terminator character is not included in the returned string.  
    Public MethodReads data from the host until one of the specified terminator characters is received. The terminator character is not included in the returned string.  
    Public MethodReads data from the host until one of the specified terminator characters is received. The terminator character is not included in the returned string.  
    Public MethodRemoves a specific event that was defined via DefineEvent.  
    Public MethodWrites the entire display memory contents to a file.  
    Public MethodWrites the specified portion of display memory to a file.  
    Public MethodSearches for the specified text, starting from the specified screen location.  
    Public MethodSearches for the specified text, starting from the specified screen location for "searchRange" byte positions.  
    Public MethodSearches for the specified text on the screen, from the specified starting location to the specified ending location.  
    Public MethodSearches for the specified text on the screen, from the specified starting location and to the specified ending location.  
    Public MethodSelects all of the text on the screen.  
    Public MethodSelects specified display memory text.  
    Public MethodSends a host control key to host.  
    Public MethodSends a host control key to host. The method does not return until the screen has settled for the time duration measured by the ScreenSettleTime property.  
    Public MethodSends the text string to the host.  
    Public MethodSends a text string to the host.  
    Public MethodSets the starting coordinates for selecting text.  
    Public MethodUnlocks the screen. See the LockInput() method for more information.  
    Public MethodWaits for the specified duration.  
    Public MethodWaits for the specified control key press.  
    Public MethodWaits for the host screen data to settle (that is, there is no incoming data for the specified settle time).  
    Public MethodWaits for host screen data to settle (that is, there is no incoming data for the specified settle time).  
    Public MethodWaits for host screen data to settle (that is, there is no incoming data for the specified settle time).  
    Public MethodWaits for host screen data to settle (that is, there is no incoming data for the specified settle time).  
    Public MethodWaits for any data to come from the host during which time the keyboard is disabled.  
    Public MethodWaits for any data to come from the host during which time the keyboard is disabled.  
    Public MethodWaits for any data to come from the host.  
    Public MethodWaits for the specified text to be received from the host.  
    Public MethodWaits for the specified text to be received from the host.  
    Public MethodWaits for the specified text to be received from the host.  
    Public MethodWaits for one of the specified text strings to be received from the host.  
    Public MethodWaits for one of the specified text strings to be received from the host.  
    Public MethodWaits for one of the specified text strings to be received from the host.  
    Public MethodWaits for one of the specified text strings to be received from the host.  
    Public MethodWaits until the specified time.  
    Public MethodWaits until the specified time.  
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