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!SLIPdial/Resources/UK/Help/message
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
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| Tape/disk: | Home » Archimedes archive » Acorn User » AU 1995-04.adf » !Internet_StarterPak |
| Filename: | !SLIPdial/Resources/UK/Help/message |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 041F bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
message [/id=<n>] [/add] [/title=<title>] [/capture[=<string>]] [/end=<string>]
[/max=<n>] [/wait] <line1> [<line2> ... ]
opens a window with a textual message for the user. Each line should be
enclosed in quotes.
/id=<n> identifies which message window the command applies to. At
present there is only one window, and this qualifier is ignored.
The ability to specify multiple windows will be added in
later versions.
/wait qualifier pauses script until user clicks on OK icon or closes
message window.
/capture[=<string>] will capture serial input to the message window,
optionally starting from <string>. (See Notes at end)
/end=<string> causes message capture to end when <string> is found.
/max=<n> defines a maximum number of lines to capture.
/add causes text to be added to an existing message. If no text
is given, the command simply forces an update (redraw) of the
message window.
message [/id=<id>] /close
explicitly closes any message window.
00000000 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 20 5b 2f 69 64 3d 3c 6e 3e |message [/id=<n>| 00000010 5d 20 5b 2f 61 64 64 5d 20 5b 2f 74 69 74 6c 65 |] [/add] [/title| 00000020 3d 3c 74 69 74 6c 65 3e 5d 20 5b 2f 63 61 70 74 |=<title>] [/capt| 00000030 75 72 65 5b 3d 3c 73 74 72 69 6e 67 3e 5d 5d 20 |ure[=<string>]] | 00000040 5b 2f 65 6e 64 3d 3c 73 74 72 69 6e 67 3e 5d 0a |[/end=<string>].| 00000050 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 5b 2f 6d 61 78 3d 3c 6e | [/max=<n| 00000060 3e 5d 20 5b 2f 77 61 69 74 5d 20 3c 6c 69 6e 65 |>] [/wait] <line| 00000070 31 3e 20 5b 3c 6c 69 6e 65 32 3e 20 2e 2e 2e 20 |1> [<line2> ... | 00000080 5d 0a 20 6f 70 65 6e 73 20 61 20 77 69 6e 64 6f |]. opens a windo| 00000090 77 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 20 74 65 78 74 75 61 6c |w with a textual| 000000a0 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 | message for the| 000000b0 20 75 73 65 72 2e 20 45 61 63 68 20 6c 69 6e 65 | user. Each line| 000000c0 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 0a 20 20 20 65 6e | should be. en| 000000d0 63 6c 6f 73 65 64 20 69 6e 20 71 75 6f 74 65 73 |closed in quotes| 000000e0 2e 0a 20 2f 69 64 3d 3c 6e 3e 20 20 69 64 65 6e |.. /id=<n> iden| 000000f0 74 69 66 69 65 73 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 6d 65 73 |tifies which mes| 00000100 73 61 67 65 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 74 68 65 20 |sage window the | 00000110 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 20 61 70 70 6c 69 65 73 20 |command applies | 00000120 74 6f 2e 20 41 74 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |to. At. | 00000130 20 70 72 65 73 65 6e 74 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 69 | present there i| 00000140 73 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 6f 6e 65 20 77 69 6e 64 6f |s only one windo| 00000150 77 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 69 73 20 71 75 61 6c |w, and this qual| 00000160 69 66 69 65 72 20 69 73 20 69 67 6e 6f 72 65 64 |ifier is ignored| 00000170 2e 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 54 68 65 20 |.. The | 00000180 61 62 69 6c 69 74 79 20 74 6f 20 73 70 65 63 69 |ability to speci| 00000190 66 79 20 6d 75 6c 74 69 70 6c 65 20 77 69 6e 64 |fy multiple wind| 000001a0 6f 77 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 61 64 64 65 |ows will be adde| 000001b0 64 20 69 6e 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 6c |d in. l| 000001c0 61 74 65 72 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 73 2e 0a 20 |ater versions.. | 000001d0 2f 77 61 69 74 20 20 20 20 71 75 61 6c 69 66 69 |/wait qualifi| 000001e0 65 72 20 70 61 75 73 65 73 20 73 63 72 69 70 74 |er pauses script| 000001f0 20 75 6e 74 69 6c 20 75 73 65 72 20 63 6c 69 63 | until user clic| 00000200 6b 73 20 6f 6e 20 4f 4b 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 6f 72 |ks on OK icon or| 00000210 20 63 6c 6f 73 65 73 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | closes. | 00000220 20 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 | message window| 00000230 2e 0a 20 2f 63 61 70 74 75 72 65 5b 3d 3c 73 74 |.. /capture[=<st| 00000240 72 69 6e 67 3e 5d 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 63 61 70 74 |ring>] will capt| 00000250 75 72 65 20 73 65 72 69 61 6c 20 69 6e 70 75 74 |ure serial input| 00000260 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 20 | to the message | 00000270 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 2c 20 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |window, . | 00000280 20 20 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 61 6c 6c 79 20 73 74 | optionally st| 00000290 61 72 74 69 6e 67 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 3c 73 74 72 |arting from <str| 000002a0 69 6e 67 3e 2e 20 28 53 65 65 20 4e 6f 74 65 73 |ing>. (See Notes| 000002b0 20 61 74 20 65 6e 64 29 0a 20 2f 65 6e 64 3d 3c | at end). /end=<| 000002c0 73 74 72 69 6e 67 3e 20 63 61 75 73 65 73 20 6d |string> causes m| 000002d0 65 73 73 61 67 65 20 63 61 70 74 75 72 65 20 74 |essage capture t| 000002e0 6f 20 65 6e 64 20 77 68 65 6e 20 3c 73 74 72 69 |o end when <stri| 000002f0 6e 67 3e 20 69 73 20 66 6f 75 6e 64 2e 0a 20 2f |ng> is found.. /| 00000300 6d 61 78 3d 3c 6e 3e 20 64 65 66 69 6e 65 73 20 |max=<n> defines | 00000310 61 20 6d 61 78 69 6d 75 6d 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 |a maximum number| 00000320 20 6f 66 20 6c 69 6e 65 73 20 74 6f 20 63 61 70 | of lines to cap| 00000330 74 75 72 65 2e 0a 20 2f 61 64 64 20 20 20 20 20 |ture.. /add | 00000340 63 61 75 73 65 73 20 74 65 78 74 20 74 6f 20 62 |causes text to b| 00000350 65 20 61 64 64 65 64 20 74 6f 20 61 6e 20 65 78 |e added to an ex| 00000360 69 73 74 69 6e 67 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 2e 20 |isting message. | 00000370 49 66 20 6e 6f 20 74 65 78 74 0a 20 20 20 20 20 |If no text. | 00000380 20 20 20 20 20 69 73 20 67 69 76 65 6e 2c 20 74 | is given, t| 00000390 68 65 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 20 73 69 6d 70 6c |he command simpl| 000003a0 79 20 66 6f 72 63 65 73 20 61 6e 20 75 70 64 61 |y forces an upda| 000003b0 74 65 20 28 72 65 64 72 61 77 29 20 6f 66 20 74 |te (redraw) of t| 000003c0 68 65 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 6d 65 73 |he. mes| 000003d0 73 61 67 65 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 2e 0a 0a 6d 65 |sage window...me| 000003e0 73 73 61 67 65 20 5b 2f 69 64 3d 3c 69 64 3e 5d |ssage [/id=<id>]| 000003f0 20 2f 63 6c 6f 73 65 0a 20 65 78 70 6c 69 63 69 | /close. explici| 00000400 74 6c 79 20 63 6c 6f 73 65 73 20 61 6e 79 20 6d |tly closes any m| 00000410 65 73 73 61 67 65 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 2e 0a |essage window..| 0000041f
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