ExtraArea

[Vexaxix]

The ExtraArea class is visible via the object browser, but I can't seem to set it.

Anyone have an example of it in use?

 

[SkipVought]

Hi,

Please post the code that is not working.

Have you checked out Extra HELP?

Skip,

_{Did you hear what happened when the OO programmer lost his library?...
He's now living in OBJECT poverty!}

 

[Vexaxix]

Hi, thanks.

I don't have any code that uses extraarea. From looking at the object-browser, it seems as though the class has the ability to report attributes of a screen selection.

Extra help provides nothing on the topic, neither does a google search. In fact the only place I have seen extra.extraarea is in the object browser.

 

[SkipVought]

Description

Provides access to a defined area of the screen.

Properties Methods
Application Copy
Bottom Cut
Left Delete
Parent Paste
Right Select
Top
Type
Value
Comments

You can create Area objects using methods and properties of the Screen object, such as Area and Selection.
Using the methods and properties of an Area object, you can read from or write to the presentation space, an area in PC memory that stores the screen data of a terminal session. A presentation space includes data from the status line (called Operator Information Area in 3270 sessions). Each presentation space position stores a screen character.
To access the presentation space, you must know the exact number of rows and columns that an emulated terminal provides. For example, if a session emulates a terminal supporting 24 rows by 80 columns, you can reference presentation space positions from row 1, column 1 to row 24, column 80. For VT sessions, you can also specify the page.

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Skip,

_{Did you hear what happened when the OO programmer lost his library?...
He's now living in OBJECT poverty!}

 

[Vexaxix]

Thanks Skip,

I can't pull that up in my help at all.

Is there an example included? I can set the area using myScreen.area(1,1,1,20) without a problem. What I can't do is use extraarea.left to return a 1.

 

[Vexaxix]

I got it! Thanks skip.