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This is part of Family API which allow to create dual-os version of program runs under OS/2 and DOS

Note: This is legacy API call. It is recommended to use 32-bit equivalent

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VioScrollDn

This call scrolls the entire display buffer (or area specified within the display buffer) down.

Syntax

VioScrollDn (TopRow, LeftCol, BotRow, RightCol, Lines, Cell, VioHandle)

Parameters

Return Code

rc (USHORT) - return

Return code descriptions are:

Remarks

TopRow = 0 and LeftCol = 0 identifies the top left corner of the screen.

If a value greater than the maximum value is specified for TopRow, LeftCol, BotRow, RightCol, or Lines, the maximum value for that parameter is used.

If TopRow and LeftCol = 0 and if BotRow, RightCol, and Lines = 65535 (or -1 in assembler language), the entire screen is filled with the character-attribute pair defined by Cell.

Bindings

C Binding

#define INCL_VIO
 
USHORT  rc = VioScrollDn(TopRow, LeftCol, BotRow, RightCol, Lines, Cell,
                             VioHandle);
 
USHORT           TopRow;        /* Top row */
USHORT           LeftCol;       /* Left column */
USHORT           BotRow;        /* Bottom row */
USHORT           RightCol;      /* Right column */
USHORT           Lines;         /* Number of lines */
PBYTE            Cell;          /* Cell to be written */
HVIO             VioHandle;     /* Video handle */
 
USHORT           rc;            /* return code */

MASM Binding

EXTRN  VioScrollDn:FAR
INCL_VIO            EQU 1
 
PUSH   WORD    TopRow        ;Top row
PUSH   WORD    LeftCol       ;Left column
PUSH   WORD    BotRow        ;Bottom row
PUSH   WORD    RightCol      ;Right column
PUSH   WORD    Lines         ;Number of lines
PUSH@  OTHER   Cell          ;Cell to be written
PUSH   WORD    VioHandle     ;Video handle
CALL   VioScrollDn
 
Returns WORD

Note

Text based on http://www.edm2.com/index.php/VioScrollDn