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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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VioWrtCellStr

This call writes a string of character-attribute pairs (cells) to the display.

Syntax

 VioWrtCellStr (CellStr, Length, Row, Column, VioHandle)

Parameters

Return Code

rc (USHORT) - return

Return code descriptions are:

Remarks

If a string write gets to the end of the line and is not complete, the string write continues at the beginning of the next line. If the write gets to the end of the screen, the write terminates.

PM Considerations

Write a character-attribute string to the Advanced VIO presentation space. The caller must specify the starting location on the presentation space where the string is to be written.

Bindings

C Binding

#define INCL_VIO
 
USHORT  rc = VioWrtCellStr(CellStr, Length, Row, Column, VioHandle);
 
PCH              CellStr;       /* String to be written */
USHORT           Length;        /* Length of string */
USHORT           Row;           /* Starting row position for output */
USHORT           Column;        /* Starting column position for output */
HVIO             VioHandle;     /* Video handle */
 
USHORT           rc;            /* return code */

MASM Binding

EXTRN  VioWrtCellStr:FAR
INCL_VIO            EQU 1
 
PUSH@  OTHER   CellStr       ;String to be written
PUSH   WORD    Length        ;Length of string
PUSH   WORD    Row           ;Starting row position for output
PUSH   WORD    Column        ;Starting column position for output
PUSH   WORD    VioHandle     ;Video handle
CALL   VioWrtCellStr
 
Returns WORD

Note

Text based on http://www.edm2.com/index.php/VioWrtCellStr_(FAPI)