VBS_GetString (Method)

IScreen::VBS_GetString

Retrieve the screen contents from the specified position until the end of screen.

Function VBS_GetString(row As Variant, column As Variant, buffer As Variant, bufsize As Long) As Long

Parameters

No	Name	Type	Optional	Default	Description
1	row	Variant	No	-	row in the screen where copy is to begin
2	column	Variant	No	-	Column in the screen where copy is to begin
3	buffer	Variant	No	-	String buffer
4	bufsize	Long	No	-	Length of the string to copy
Return Code			Description
JGS_OK			The function was successful
JGS_PARAMETERERROR			Missing or invalid parameter
JGS_NOTCONNECTED			Your application is not currently connected to a valid host session.
JGS_FTXSEGMENTED			The data was successfully copied; host session is waiting for a host response
JGS_INHIBITED			The data was successfully copied; the keyboard is locked
JGS_POSITIONERROR			The position value specified is invalid
JGS_SYSERROR			The function failed due a system error
JGS_MEMORY			Insufficient memory

Sample Code

Dim myString as Variant
Dim row as Variant
Dim column as Variant
Dim myLength as Long
Dim result as Long
myLength = 200
row = 18
column = 45
result = screen.VBS_GetString(row, column, myString, myLength)