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- * vdcursor.txt Version 1.0 Released 30-Apr-92
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- 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.
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- The .bin file gets around the row() and col() problem by accessing the
- Video BIOS interrupt that returns the absolute cursor location.
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- 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.
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- NOTE: The .ASM source for this can be found in the DBASE forum
- of CompuServe, Library 4, in the file: VDCURS.ZIP