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Small Basic Reference Documentation: TextWindow Object

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Small Basic: Reference Documentation > TextWindow

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TextWindow

The TextWindow provides text-related input and output functionalities. For example using this class, it is possible to write or read some text or number to and from the text-based text window.

Properties

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TextWindow.ForegroundColor

Gets or sets the foreground color of the text to be output in the text window.

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TextWindow.BackgroundColor

Gets or sets the background color of the text to be output in the text window.

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TextWindow.CursorLeft

Gets or sets the cursor's column position on the text window.

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TextWindow.CursorTop

Gets or sets the cursor's row position on the text window.

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TextWindow.Left

Gets or sets the Left position of the Text Window.

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TextWindow.Title

Gets or sets the Title for the text window.

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TextWindow.Top

Gets or sets the Top position of the Text Window.

Operations

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TextWindow.Show()

Shows the Text window to enable interactions with it.

Returns

Nothing

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TextWindow.Hide()

Hides the text window.

Returns

Nothing

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TextWindow.Clear()

Clears the TextWindow.

Returns

Nothing

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TextWindow.Pause()

Waits for user input before returning.

Returns

Nothing

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TextWindow.PauseIfVisible()

Waits for user input only when the TextWindow is already open.

Returns

Nothing

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TextWindow.PauseWithoutMessage()

Waits for user input before returning.

Returns

Nothing

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TextWindow.Read()

Reads a line of text from the text window. This function will not return until the user hits ENTER.

Returns

The text that was read from the text window

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TextWindow.ReadKey()

Reads a single character from the text window.

Returns

The character that was read from the text window.

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TextWindow.ReadNumber()

Reads a number from the text window. This function will not return until the user hits ENTER.

Returns

The number that was read from the text window

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TextWindow.WriteLine(data)

Writes text or number to the text window. A new line character will be appended to the output, so that the next time something is written to the text window, it will go in a new line.

data

The text or number to write to the text window.

Returns

Nothing

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TextWindow.Write(data)

Writes text or number to the text window. Unlike WriteLine, this will not append a new line character, which means, anything written to the text window after this call will be on the same line.

data

The text or number to write to the text window.

Returns

Nothing

  

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