DEVOUT() Write a value to the current device ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Syntax DEVOUT(<exp>, [<cColorString>]) --> NIL Arguments <exp> is the value to display. <cColorString> is an optional argument that defines the display color of <exp>. If the current DEVICE setting is SCREEN, the output is displayed in the specified color. If not specified, <exp> is displayed as the standard color of the current system color as defined by SETCOLOR(). <cColorString> is a character expression containing the standard color setting. If you want to specify a literal color setting, enclose it in quote marks. Returns DEVOUT() always returns NIL. Description DEVOUT() is a full-screen display function that writes the value of a single expression to the current device at the current cursor or printhead position. Use DEVOUT() with DEVPOS() in Std.ch to implement the @...SAY command. Examples . This example shows the relationship between the DEVOUT() function and the @...SAY command: DEVPOS(10, 10) DEVOUT("Hello there", "BG+/B")) // @ 10, 10 SAY "Hello there" COLOR "BG+/B" Files Library is CLIPPER.LIB.
See Also: COL() DEVPOS() QOUT() ROW() SETPOS()
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