SysTextScreenRead

Function:

SysTextScreenRead
Syntax:
string = SysReadScreen(row, col, [len])

row

The row from which to start reading.
col
The column from which to start reading.
len
The number of characters to read. The default is to read up to the end of the screen.
string
The character reads from the screen. This includes carriage return and linefeed characters which comprise the end of lines should the number of character reads span multiple lines.
Purpose:
Reads a specified number of characters from a specified location of the screen.

Limitations This function only reads in characters and does not consider the color attributes of each character read. When restoring the character string to the screen with say or charout, the previous color settings will be lost.

/* Example which reads in the entire screen */ screen = SysTextScreenRead( 0, 0 )

/* Example which reads in one line */
 line = SysTextScreenRead( 2, 0, 80 )

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