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- * vdcursor.txt Version 1.0 Released 30-Apr-92
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- dBASE IV's builtin functions row() and col() return values relative to any
- active windows. This is usually what you want, but I was developing a
- context sensitive help system that needed to open a help window without
- obliterating the information on the screen that the user wants help on.
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- The .bin file gets around the row() and col() problem by accessing the Video
- BIOS interrupt that returns the absolute cursor location.
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- These this .BIN file returns a character string, so you need to change the
- value to an ASCII value -- suggest using: VIDROW() and VIDCOL() contained
- in the file SCREEN.PRG in the dUFLP library.