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
TextWindow.ForegroundColor
Gets or sets the foreground color of the text to be output in the text window.
BackgroundColor
TextWindow.BackgroundColor
Gets or sets the background color of the text to be output in the text window.
CursorLeft
TextWindow.CursorLeft
Gets or sets the cursor's column position on the text window.
CursorTop
TextWindow.CursorTop
Gets or sets the cursor's row position on the text window.
Left
TextWindow.Left
Gets or sets the Left position of the Text Window.
Title
TextWindow.Title
Gets or sets the Title for the text window.
Top
TextWindow.Top
Gets or sets the Top position of the Text Window.
Operations
Show
TextWindow.Show()
Shows the Text window to enable interactions with it.
Returns
Nothing
Hide
TextWindow.Hide()
Hides the text window.
Returns
Nothing
Clear
TextWindow.Clear()
Clears the TextWindow.
Returns
Nothing
Pause
TextWindow.Pause()
Waits for user input before returning.
Returns
Nothing
PauseIfVisible
TextWindow.PauseIfVisible()
Waits for user input only when the TextWindow is already open.
Returns
Nothing
PauseWithoutMessage
TextWindow.PauseWithoutMessage()
Waits for user input before returning.
Returns
Nothing
Read
TextWindow.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
TextWindow.ReadKey()
Reads a single character from the text window.
Returns
The character that was read from the text window.
ReadNumber
TextWindow.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
TextWindow.WriteLine(data)
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
TextWindow.Write(data)
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