View Print
 
Sets the printable area of the screen

Syntax

View Print [ firstrow To lastrow ]

Parameters

firstrow
first row of print area
lastrow
last row of print area

Description

Sets the boundaries of the console screen text area to the lines starting at first up to and including last. Lines are counted starting with 1. The text cursor is moved to the beginning of the first line specified.
If the row numbers are omitted, the entire screen is used as the text area.

Example

Cls
View Print 5 To 6
Color , 1 
'' clear only View Print area
Cls 


View Print can be used in graphics mode to avoid the text output overwriting graphics:
Screen 12
Dim As Integer R,Y,x,y1
Dim As Single y2
View Print 20 To 27
Line (0,0)-(639,300),1,BF
Line (100,50)-(540,200),0,BF
Do
 r = (r + 1) And 15
 For y = 1 To 99
   y1 = ((1190 \ y + r) And 15)
   y2 = 6 / y
   For x = 100 To 540
    PSet (x, y + 100), CInt((319 - x) * y2) And 15 Xor y1 
  Next x,y
 If r=0 Then Color Int(Rnd*16): Print "blah"
Loop Until Len(Inkey)



Differences from QB

  • None.

See also