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Syntax
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Viewport.Open
[title [,XPos,YPos [,width,height]]]
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Description
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Opens a new viewport window or switches the focus to the existing viewport window.
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Comments
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The Viewport.Open method accepts the following named :
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Parameter
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Description
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title
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Specifies a String containing the text to appear in the viewport's caption.
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XPos, YPos
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Specifies Integer coordinates given in twips indicating the initial position of the upper left corner of the viewport.
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width,height
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Specifies Integer values indicating the initial width and height of the viewport.
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If a viewport window is already open, then it is given the focus. Otherwise, a new viewport window is created.
Combined with the Print statement, a viewport window is a convenient place to output debugging information.
The viewport window is closed when the BasicScript host application is terminated.
The following keys work within a viewport window:
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Key
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Scrolls
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Up
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Up by one line.
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Down
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Down by one line.
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Home
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To the first line in the viewport window.
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End
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To the last line in the viewport window.
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PgDn
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The viewport window down by one page.
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PgUp
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The viewport window up by one page.
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Ctrl+PgUp
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The viewport window left by one page.
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Ctrl+PgDn
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The viewport window right by one page.
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Only one viewport window can be open at any given time. Any scripts with Print statements will output information into the same viewport window.
When printing to viewports, the end-of-line character can be any of the following: a carriage return, a line feed, or a carriage-return/line-feed pair. Embedded null characters are printed as spaces.
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Example
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Sub Main()
Viewport.Open "BasicScript Viewport",100,100,500,500
Print "This will be displayed in the viewport window."
Sleep 2000
Viewport.Close
End Sub
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See Also
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Viewport.Close (method)
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