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SETMODE()
Change display mode to a specified number of rows and columns
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Syntax
SETMODE(<nRows>, <nCols>) --> lSuccess
Arguments
<nRows> is the number of rows in the desired display mode.
<nCols> is the number of columns in the desired display mode.
Returns
SETMODE() returns true (.T.) if the mode change was successful;
otherwise, it returns false (.F.).
Description
SETMODE() is an environment function that attempts to change the mode of
the display hardware to match the number of rows and columns specified.
The change in screen size is reflected in the values returned by
MAXROW() and MAXCOL().
Note: In LLG_VIDEO_TXT mode, and when a VESA driver is present, it
is possible to use the following values :
25,80 | 43,80 | 50,80 | 60,80 | 25,132 | 43,132 | 50,132 | 60,132
Examples
. This example switches to a 43-line display mode:
IF SETMODE(43, 80)
? "43-line mode successfully set"
ELSE
? "43-line mode not available"
ENDIF
. This example switches the video mode to regular text mode with
60 rows and 132 columns:
// Switch to text mode
SET VIDEOMODE( LLG_VIDEO_TXT )
// Set the video mode to the largest number of characters
SETMODE( 60,132 )
Files Library is CLIPPER.LIB.
See Also:
SET VIDEOMODE
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