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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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