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
This call scrolls the entire display buffer (or area specified within the display buffer) down.
VioScrollDn (TopRow, LeftCol, BotRow, RightCol, Lines, Cell, VioHandle)
rc (USHORT) - return
Return code descriptions are:
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.
#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 */
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
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