TEXT COMMAND SET

Instructions such as SET CURSOR and PRINT are provided for beginners. For more advanced users specific fonts, sizes, positions, styles and colors are provided to enhance the presentation of text. Text strings can be manipulated in many ways including the conversion of text to numbers and the extraction of individual characters.

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SET CURSOR will set the cursor position for printing
PRINT will print to the screen
TEXT will output the string, using the current text settings at the specified coordinates
CENTER TEXT The text will be center on the X coordinate given
PERFORM CHECKLIST FOR FONTS will checks your system for all available fonts
SET TEXT FONT will set the typeface of the font you wish to use
SET TEXT SIZE This command will set the point size of the text you are about to output
SET TEXT TO NORMAL will set text style to non-bold and non-italic
SET TEXT TO ITALIC will set the text style to non-bold and italic
SET TEXT TO BOLD will set the text style to bold and non-italic
SET TEXT TO BOLDITALIC will set the text style to bold and italic
SET TEXT OPAQUE will set the background as non transparent
SET TEXT TRANSPARENT will set the background as transparent

The next commands will return a result:

ASC() will return the ASCII code of the first character in the string
VAL() will return the numeric equivalent of a string
BIN$() will return a string containing the binary representation of a value
CHR$() will return a character string equivalent to the specified ASCII code
HEX$() will return a string containing the hexadecimal representation of a value
LEFT$() will return the leftmost characters of a string
LEN() will return the number of characters in a string
MID$() will return the middle contents of a string
RIGHT$() will return the rightmost characters of a string
STR$() will return a string representation of a value
LOWER$() will return the specified string in lower case letters
UPPER$() will return the specified string in upper case letters
TEXT FONT$() will return the typeface description of the current text setting
TEXT SIZE() will return the point size of the current text font
TEXT STYLE() will return a code based on the style of the current text setting
TEXT BACKGROUND TYPE() will return a one if the current text setting is transparent
TEXT WIDTH() will return the exact width of the specified string
TEXT HEIGHT() will return the exact height of the specified string