Micro Focus Visual COBOL 2.3 for Visual Studio 2015 > General Reference > Panels > Panels Functions > PF-Get-Screen-Info (Value 0)

PF-Get-Screen-Info (Value 0)

Returns information about the size of the current screen.

Parameters:

`PPB-Fill-Attribute`	pic 9(4) comp-x.
`PPB-Fill-Character`	pic 9(4) comp-x.
`PPB-First-Visible-Col`	pic 9(4) comp-x.
`PPB-First-Visible-Row`	pic 9(4) comp-x.
`PPB-Panel-Height`	pic 9(4) comp-x.
`PPB-Panel-Start-Column`	pic 9(4) comp-x.
`PPB-Panel-Start-Row`	pic 9(4) comp-x.
`PPB-Panel-Width`	pic 9(4) comp-x.
`PPB-Visible-Height`	pic 9(4) comp-x.
`PPB-Visible-Width`	pic 9(4) comp-x.

On Entry:

None

On Exit:

`PPB-Fill-Attribute`	The current backdrop attribute.
`PPB-Fill-Character`	The current backdrop character.
`PPB-First-Visible-Col`	0
`PPB-First-Visible-Row`	0
`PPB-Panel-Height`	The number of rows visible on the screen.
`PPB-Panel-Start-Column`	0
`PPB-Panel-Start-Row`	0
`PPB-Panel-Width`	The number of columns on the screen.
`PPB-Visible-Height`	The number of rows visible on the screen.
`PPB-Visible-Width`	The number of columns on screen.

Comments:

You can change the backdrop character and attribute using PF-Set-Screen-Backdrop.

Example:

       move pf-get-screen-info to ppb-function.
       call "PANELS" using panels-parameter-block.
       if ppb-status not = zero
*         (code to abort)