Microsoft Small Basic
TextWindow
The TextWindow provides text-related input and output functionalities. For example using this class, it is possible to write or read some text or number to and from the text-based text window.
Properties
ForegroundColor
Gets or sets the foreground color of the text to be output in the text window.
BackgroundColor
Gets or sets the background color of the text to be output in the text window.
CursorLeft
Gets or sets the cursor's column position on the text window.
CursorTop
Gets or sets the cursor's row position on the text window.
Left
Gets or sets the Left position of the Text Window.
Title
Gets or sets the Title for the text window.
Top
Gets or sets the Top position of the Text Window.
Operations
Show
Shows the Text window to enable interactions with it.
Returns
Nothing Hide
Hides the text window.
Returns
Nothing Clear
Clears the TextWindow.
Returns
Nothing Pause
Waits for user input before returning.
Returns
Nothing PauseIfVisible
Waits for user input only when the TextWindow is already open.
Returns
Nothing PauseWithoutMessage
Waits for user input before returning.
Returns
Nothing Read
Reads a line of text from the text window. This function will not return until the user hits ENTER.
Returns
The text that was read from the text window ReadKey
Reads a single character from the text window.
Returns
The character that was read from the text window. ReadNumber
Reads a number from the text window. This function will not return until the user hits ENTER.
Returns
The number that was read from the text window WriteLine
Writes text or number to the text window. A new line character will be appended to the output, so that the next time something is written to the text window, it will go in a new line.
data
The text or number to write to the text window.Returns
Nothing Write
Writes text or number to the text window. A new line character will be appended to the output, so that the next time something is written to the text window, it will go in a new line.