Reads a string of characters and their attributes from the screen.
Restriction: This routine is supported for native COBOL only.
Syntax:
call "CBL_READ_SCR_CHATTRS" using screen-position
character-buffer
attribute-buffer
string-length
returning status-code
Parameters
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screen-position
- Group predefined as
cblt-screen-position containing:
01 cblt-screen-position typedef.
03 cblte-scrp-row cblt-x1-compx. *> pic x comp-x.
03 cblte-scrp-col cblt-x1-compx. *> pic x comp-x.
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character-buffer
- Call prototype (see
Key): pic x (n).
- Picture: pic x (n).
-
attribute-buffer
- Call prototype (see
Key): pic x (n).
- Picture: pic x (n).
-
string-length
- Call prototype (see
Key): cblt-x2-compx.
- Picture: pic x(2) comp-x.
-
status-code
- See
Library Routines - Key.
On Entry:
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screen-position
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The screen position to start reading at. The top left corner is row 0, column 0. See
Screen Routines.
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string-length
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The length of the string to read.
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On Exit:
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character-buffer
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The characters read from the screen. This data item must be at least as long as specified by
string-length; positions in it beyond that length are unchanged.
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attribute-buffer
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The attributes read from the screen. This data item must be at least as long as specified by
string-length; positions in it beyond that length are unchanged.
The attributes are as follows:
Windows platforms:
| B"10000000"
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BACKGROUND HIGHLIGHT
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| B"01000000"
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BACKGROUND-COLOR (RED)
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| B"00100000"
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BACKGROUND-COLOR (GREEN)
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| B"00010000"
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BACKGROUND-COLOR (BLUE)
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| B"00001000"
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FOREGROUND HIGHLIGHT
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| B"00000100"
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FOREGROUND-COLOR (RED)
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| B"00000010"
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FOREGROUND-COLOR (GREEN)
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| B"00000001"
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FOREGROUND-COLOR (BLUE)
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UNIX platforms:
| B"10000000"
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Reserved
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| B"01000000"
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Reserved
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| B"00100000"
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Reserved
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| B"00010000"
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Reserved
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| B"00001000"
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BLANK
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| B"00000100"
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REVERSE-VIDEO
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| B"00000010"
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UNDERLINE
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| B"00000001"
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HIGHLIGHT
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string-length
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If the end of the screen is reached, the length read (in cells, that is, character-attribute pairs) is returned in here.
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