| Reader's Clinic - Functions and Subroutines |
| Reader's Letters - Jim Owen |
| Playing with Scan Codes |
| Argument passing - Subroutines and Functions - Mike Pope |
| Playing with Scan Codes |
| QTIPS - Compiling Protection Code |
| QTIPS - Invalid Code and Command |
| QTIPS - Code/Command Help |
| Compiling 64K on a Shoestring by Blaise Wrenn (LexStat Systems Ltd) |
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| Document | V4I6A9 |
| Title | Version 3 Technical Highlights - Highlight |
| Keywords | HIGHLIGHT INPUT.CHAR |
| Text | A slightly confusingly named function that takes a passed escape sequence and an on/off flag and returns the blinking/non blinking version of the escape sequence accordingly It can thus be used to "unblink" a blinking escape sequence to ensure easier to read display or to "blink" an unblinking escape sequence To illustrate usage try the small code fragment below: Declare Function HighLight Equ Off$ To 0 Equ On$ To 1 NonBlink = \1B\ : "C1N" Blink = \1B\ : "C9N" Print NonBlink : "NonBlink Normal" Print Blink : "Blink Normal" Print Highlight(NonBlink Off$) : "NonBlink Off" Print Highlight(NonBlink On$) : "NonBlink On" Print Highlight(Blink Off$) : "Blink Off" Print Highlight(Blink On$) : "Blink On" Call Input Char(X) (Volume 4 Issue 6 Page 8) |
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