Rapid-Q Documentation by William Yu (c)1999-2000 Appendix C: Console Keywords

Console Keywords

Please note that it's possible to use some Console statements in Linux/Unix even if you compiled your program as GUI. However, this is not possible under Windows. The console statements allowed in Linux/Unix without having to compile as CONSOLE are: CLS, PRINT, and INPUT. SLEEP can also be used without consequences.

Keyword Support Usage/Description
CLS Windows Unix CLS
Clears console screen
COLOR Windows Unix COLOR [Fore%][, Back%]
Sets current color attribute, you can ignore either one of the parameters
CONSOLE.INPUTHANDLE Windows hnd = CONSOLE.INPUTHANDLE
Returns the console input handle
CONSOLE.OUTPUTHANDLE Windows hnd = CONSOLE.OUTPUTHANDLE
Returns the console output handle
CSRLIN Windows Unix CurRow% = CSRLIN
Returns current row of cursor
INKEY$ Windows Unix A$ = INKEY$
Returns ASCII/Extended key character typed
INPUT Windows Unix INPUT A$
Reads a full line of input from user
LOCATE Windows Unix LOCATE [Y%][, X%][, cursor]
Moves cursor to Y%, X% (upper left starts at 1,1). You can ignore either one of the parameters
PCOPY Windows PCOPY source, dest
Copy page from source to dest. The visible page is 0. There are 7 off screen pages.
PEEK Windows A% = PEEK([#PageNum,] address)
Returns the char/attribute value at address
POKE Windows POKE [#PageNum,] address, byte
Poke attribute or char at address
POS(0) Windows Unix CurPos% = POS(0)
Returns current position of cursor
PRINT Windows Unix PRINT [#PageNum[;|,]][stuff][;|,][...]
Write to standard output (console). To write to the offscreen buffers, use #PageNum. Where PageNum is 1-7. Only works under Windows.
SCREEN Windows A% = SCREEN(row, col [, colorflag])
Returns the chararacter or attribute value at (row,col)
SETCONSOLETITLE Windows SetConsoleTitle(Title$)
Set console title
SLEEP Windows Unix SLEEP n
Delay for n seconds, which can be a fraction

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