| Note | This command is defined in a header file and will be preprocessed by the X# preprocessor to a function call. If you disable the standard header (-nostddefs) files then this command will not be available. If you tell the compiler to use a different standard header file (-stddef ) then this command may also be not available |
Purpose
Turn the screen display on/of
Syntax
SET CONSOLE ON | off | <lToggle>
Arguments
| <lToggle> | A logical expression which must appear in parentheses. Instead of the logical expression, the option ON can be specified for the value .T. (true) or OFF for the value .F. (false). When .T. or ON is specified (the default value), all output is displayed on the screen. If the setting is set to OFF, output on the screen using commands like ? or ?? is suppressed. |
Description
The command SET CONSOLE deactivates or activates output of characters on the screen. This includes commands like ? and functions like QOut() or QQOut(), which always begin output at the current cursor position.
When SET CONSOLE is set to ON, output is displayed on the screen. There can also be parallel output to a file (command SET ALTERNATE).
Examples
FUNCTION Start
USE Customers NEW
SET ALTERNATE TO CustomerList.TXT
SET CONSOLE OFF
DO WHILE .NOT. Eof()
? Customers->LastName, Customers->FirstName
? Customers->Street
? Customers->City + ",", Customers->State, Customers->Zip
?
SKIP
ENDDO
SET ALTERNATE TO
SET CONSOLE ON
USE
RETURN
Assembly
XSharp.RT.DLL
See Also
SetConsole(), SET ALTERNATE
