SCRPUT - Display text in color
Purpose: Position text on the screen and display it in color.
Format: SCRPUT row col [BRIght] [BLInk] fg ON [BRIght] bg text
row : Starting row
col : Starting column
fg : Foreground character color
bg : Background character color
text : The text to display
See also: ECHO, SCREEN, TEXT, and VSCRPUT.
Usage
SCRPUT allows you to create attractive screen displays in batch files.
You use it to specify where a message will appear on the screen and what
colors will be used to display the message text. You can use SCRPUT to
create menu displays, logos, etc.
SCRPUT works like SCREEN, but requires you to specify the display colors.
See Colors and Color Names for details about colors and notes on the use
of bright background colors.
The row and column are zero-based, so on a standard 25 line by 80 column
display, valid rows are 0 - 24 and valid columns are 0 - 79. SCRPUT
checks for a valid row and column, and displays a "Usage" error message
if either value is out of range.
You can also specify the row and column as offsets from the current
cursor position. Begin the value with a plus sign [+] to move down the
specified number of rows or to the right the specified number of columns,
or with a minus sign [-] to move up or to the left.
If you specify 999 for the row, SCRPUT will center the text vertically on
the display. If you specify 999 for the column, SCRPUT will center the
text horizontally.
SCRPUT does not move the cursor when it displays the text.
The following batch file fragment displays part of a menu, in color:
cls white on blue
scrput 6 20 bri red on blu 1 - Word Processing
scrput 7 20 bri yel on blu 2 - Spreadsheet
scrput 8 20 bri gre on blu 3 - Communications
scrput 9 20 bri mag on blu 4 - Quit
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