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@...PROMPT

Displays a menu item for a text mode menu.

Syntax

@ <nRow>, <nCol> PROMPT <cMenuItem> ;
               [MESSAGE <bcMessage>]

Arguments

@ <nRow>, <nCol>

Numeric values indicating the screen coordinates for the display of <cMenuItem>.

PROMPT <cMenuItem>

A character string holding the menu item of the text mode menu.

MESSAGE <bcMessage>

Optionally, a character string can be associated with <cPrompt> which is displayed as a message when SET MESSAGE is set to a screen row larger than zero. Instead of a character string, a code block can be specified. In must return a character string.

Description

The @...PROMPT command is used to define a single menu item of a simple text mode menu. A text mode menu is usually built by specifying the @...PROMPT command multiple times before the MENU TO command is issued to activate the menu.

The screen cursor is located one column to the right of <cMenuItem> after @...PROMPT has displayed the menu item.

Note:  For an example of @...PROPMT usage see the MENU TO command.

Info

See also:	AChoice(), MENU TO, SET MESSAGE, SET WRAP, SetColor()
Category:	Input commands
Source:	rtl\menuto.prg
LIB:	xhb.lib
DLL:	xhbdll.dll