Reads text from the host screen into a variable.
- Parameters
- LengthVal
- The number of characters
to read.
- PositionVal
- The position in
the host screen to start reading.
- Returns
- String containing the text.
- Remarks
- The screen position starts at 1 in the upper-left corner of the
window (row 1, column 1), and ends at the bottom-right of the window
(max row times max column). For example, for a Model 2 - 24 x 80
screen, the last position is 1920.
- Example
Set bzhao = CreateObject("BZWhll.WhllObj")
bzhao.Connect
TextVar = bzhao.PSGetText( 5, 34 )
MsgBox TextVar