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* vdcursor.txt Version 1.0 Released 30-Apr-92
dBASE IV's builtin functions row() and col() return values relative to any
active windows. This is usually what you want, but I was developing a
context sensitive help system that needed to open a help window without
obliterating the information on the screen that the user wants help on.
The .bin file gets around the row() and col() problem by accessing the Video
BIOS interrupt that returns the absolute cursor location.
These this .BIN file returns a character string, so you need to change the
value to an ASCII value -- suggest using: VIDROW() and VIDCOL() contained
in the file SCREEN.PRG in the dUFLP library.