HP 3000 Manuals

Micro Focus COBOL System Reference, Volume 1

List of Routines (cont) 

CBL_WRITE_SCR_CHARS _ATTR 

Writes a string of characters to the screen, giving them all the same
attribute.

Syntax:.   

      call "CBL_WRITE_SCR_CHARS_ATTR" using screen-position
           character-buffer
           string-length
           attribute
         returning status-code

Parameters:.   

 screen-position    Group item defined as:
  row-number        PIC X COMP-X.
  column-number     PIC X COMP-X.
character-buffer    PIC X(n).
string-length       PIC X(2) COMP-X.
attribute           PIC X.
status-code         See section Key 

On Entry:.   

 screen-position    The screen position at which to start writing.  The
                    top left corner is row 0, column 0.  See Notes on 
                    Screen Routines.

 character-buffer   The characters to write.

 attribute          The attribute to write.

 string-length      The length of the string to write.  If this would go
                    off the end of the screen, the write finishes at the
                    end of the screen.

On Exit:.   

None

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