http://www.scriptlogic.com/kixtart UDF: DisplayText()

DisplayText()
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26 March 2002	DisplayText()
Author	ScriptLogic Corporation
Action	Displays text at specified coordinates (or centered on row). Color may be optionally specified..
Syntax	DisplayText (row, column, "text", "paint")
Parameters	row (Required / String) the row at which to position the cursor. column (Required / String) the column at which to position the cursor. text (Required / String) the text to be displayed. paint (Optional / String) the paint (foreground/background) colors for the text.
Remarks	if the column parameter is a -1, the text will be centered on the row.
Returns	Nothing.
Dependencies	None.
Examples	$result=DisplayText(1,-1,"KiXtart 2001 is awesome!","y+/b") $result=DisplayText(5,10,"How do you like these UDFs so far?")
Source	FUNCTION DisplayText ($row, $column, $text, OPTIONAL $paint) ; Display text at specified location (optionally in a specific color) ; If $column=-1, text will be centered DIM $frc IF ($column < 0) $column=(79-Len($text))/2 ; center text on y axis ENDIF IF $paint $frc=Execute('color $paint') ENDIF At ($row,$column) $text $displaytext=0 ; nothing to return ENDFUNCTION ; - DisplayText -

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