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_gtPostExt()
Return control to the General Terminal system
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C Prototype
#include "gt.api"
ERRCODE _gtPostExt(void)
Returns
_gtPostExt() returns zero if successful. Any other value indicates an
error.
Description
_gtPostExt() returns control to the General Terminal system after direct
video access.
Warning! Always call _gtPostExt() after direct video access.
Examples
. This example uses _gtPostExt() to re-engage the General
Terminal system after attempting to reverse the screen attribute of a
passed coordinate using direct video access:
/***
*
* Reverse text Attribute for passed coordinates
*
*/
#include "extend.api"
#include "gt.api"
#define VIDSEG (_gtIsColor() ? 0xB800 : 0xB000 )
#define MK_FP( seg, off ) \
((FARP) ( ((ULONG)(seg)<<16) | (USHORT)(off) ));
CLIPPER ReverseAttribute()
{
USHORT uiRow = _parni(1);
USHORT uiCol = _parni(2)
USHORT uiNumCols = _gtMaxCol() + 1;
BYTEP *scrPtr;
_gtPreExt(); // Release display context!
// Make a far pointer to row/col in video memory
scrPtr = MK_FP( VIDSEG, ( ( uiRow * uiNumCols ) +
uiCol ) * 2 );
// Skip one to the attribute
scrPtr++;
// Reverse the attribute
*scrPtr = (*scrPtr >> 4) | ((*scrPtr & 0x07) << 4) |
(*scrPtr & 0x08) | (*scrPtr & 128);
_gtPostExt(); // Signal end of external code.
_ret(); // Post a NIL return value
}
Files Library is CLIPPER.LIB, header file is Gt.api.
See Also:
_gtPreExt()
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