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SAYSPREAD()
Displays screen output with "spread" effect
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Syntax
SAYSPREAD(<cCharacterstring>, [<nDelay>],
[<nLine>], [<nColumn>]) --> cNull
Arguments
<cCharacterstring> Designates the string to output with the spread
effect.
<nDelay> Designates a time delay in milliseconds. The default
value
is 4.
<nLine> Designates the line from which the output begins. The
default is the cursor line.
<nColumn> Designates the column from which the output begins. The
default is the cursor column.
Returns
SAYSPREAD() always returns a null string.
Description
SAYSPREAD() has a particular effect on a string output to screen. From
a center point, which corresponds to the center of the screen, window or
<nColumn>, characters are displayed outward (they have a type of spread
effect). The SET COLOR TO attribute setting is used. The current
cursor position is not changed with this function.
Note
. Control characters, as with @...SAY commands in CA-Clipper are
not interpreted.
Example
Show special effect output that begins in the middle of the screen or
window at line 10, with a 100-millisecond time delay:
SAYSPREAD("Characters", 100, 10)
Output will be in the following steps, but always on the same line:
ac
ract
aracte
haracter
Characters // Result on line 10
See Also:
SAYMOVEIN()
SAYDOWN()
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