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/*
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* $Id$
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*/
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/*
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* Copyright 2000 Alejandro de Garate <alex_degarate@hotmail.com>
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* Documentation for: SetMode()
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*
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* See COPYING for licensing terms.
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*/
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/* $DOC$
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$TEMPLATE$
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Function
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$NAME$
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SetMode()
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$CATEGORY$
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API
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$SUBCATEGORY$
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Environment
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$ONELINER$
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Change the video mode to a specified number of rows and columns
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$SYNTAX$
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SetMode( <nRows>, <nCols> ) --> lSuccess
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$ARGUMENTS$
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<nRows> is the number of rows for the video mode to set.
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<nCols> is the number of columns for the video mode to set.
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$RETURNS$
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SetMode() returns true if the video mode change was successful;
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otherwise, it returns false.
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$DESCRIPTION$
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SetMode() is a function that change the video mode depend on the
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video card and monitor combination, to match the number of rows and
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columns specified.
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Note that there are only a real few combination or rows/cols pairs
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that produce the video mode change.
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The followings are availables for GTDOS:
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<table>
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12 rows x 40 columns 12 rows x 80 columns
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25 rows x 40 columns 25 rows x 80 columns
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28 rows x 40 columns 28 rows x 80 columns
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50 rows x 40 columns 43 rows x 80 columns
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50 rows x 80 columns
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</table>
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The follow modes are available to Windows
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<table>
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25 rows x 40 columns 25 rows x 80 columns
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50 rows x 40 columns 43 rows x 80 columns
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50 rows x 80 columns
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</table>
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Some modes only are availables for color and/or VGA monitors.
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Any change produced on the screen size is updated in the values
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returned by MaxRow() and MaxCol().
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$EXAMPLES$
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// The first example change to a 12 lines of display mode:
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IF SetMode( 12, 40 )
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? "Hey man are you blind ?"
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ELSE
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? "Mom bring me my glasses!"
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ENDIF
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// Next example change to a 50 lines mode:
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IF SetMode( 50, 80 )
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? "This wonderful mode was successfully set"
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ELSE
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? "Wait. this monitor are not made in rubber !"
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ENDIF
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$STATUS$
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R
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$COMPLIANCE$
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Some of these modes are not availables in CA-Cl*pper
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$PLATFORMS$
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DOS,Win
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$SEEALSO$
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MaxCol(),MaxRow()
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$END$
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*/
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