ACTIVATE SCREEN

ACTIVATE SCREEN

Class

Screen Forms

Purpose

Activate full screen display

Syntax

ACTIVATE SCREEN

See Also

ACTIVATE WINDOW, CLEAR WINDOWS, DEACTIVATE WINDOW, DEFINE WINDOW, HIDE WINDOW, MODIFY MEMO, MOVE WINDOW, RELEASE WINDOWS, RESIZE WINDOW, RESTORE WINDOW, SAVE WINDOW, SHOW WINDOW, SET COMMANDWINDOW, SET ERRORWINDOW, SET KEY, SET PROCEDURE, SET TRACEWINDOW, SET WINDOW OF EDIT, SET WINDOW OF MEMO, WCOLS(), WEXIST(), WONTOP(), WOUTPUT(), WROWS(), WVISIBLE()

Description

The ACTIVATE SCREEN command disables the active window and redirects output to the entire screen. Displayed windows remain on the screen, and subsequent output is displayed behind the windows.

A window is an area of the screen designated for output and input. Windows are defined with the DEFINE WINDOW command, and are displayed to the screen with the ACTIVATE WINDOW or SHOW WINDOW commands. There is no limit to the number of defined windows.

The HIDE WINDOW command may be used in a hot-key procedure to switch the screen display from windows to full screen. Hot-keys allow a procedure to be called when the user presses a particular key.

Example

define window temp_output;
  from 16,45 to 22,79;
  title "Output Window";
  float;
  grow
 
activate window temp_output
activate screen

Products

Recital Mirage Server, Recital Terminal Developer