(LOGO.JPG) Python for OpenVMS

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SET_PHYSICAL_CURSOR - Set Cursor on Physical Screen

Move the physical cursor to the specified position on the pasteboard.

Format:

    None = vms_smg.set_physical_cursor (pasteboard_id, \
                  pasteboard_row, pasteboard_column)
Returns:

None

Arguments:

pasteboard_id
The pasteboard whose physical cursor is to move.
pasteboard_row
The row to which the physical cursor moves.
pasteboard_column
The column to which the physical cursor moves.
Examples:
>>> import vms_smg
>>> import vms_smgdef

>>> # create a new DECwindows terminal using SMG
>>> status, pasteboard_id, number_of_pasteboard_rows, \
... number_of_pasteboard_columns, type_of_terminal,   \
... device_name = vms_smg.create_pasteboard           \
...   (None, vms_smgdef.SMG_M_WORKSTATION)
>>>

>>> # create virtual display
>>> status, vtdpy1 = vms_smg.create_virtual_display \
...         (5, 10, vms_smgdef.SMG_M_BORDER, None, None)
>>>

>>> # paste virtual display
>>> status = vms_smg.paste_virtual_display \
...          (vtdpy1, pasteboard_id, 3, 5, None)
>>>
>>> # write to virtual display
>>> status = vms_smg.put_chars (vtdpy1, '1234567890', 1, 1)
>>> status = vms_smg.put_chars (vtdpy1, 'ABCDEFGHIJ', 2, 1)
>>> status = vms_smg.put_chars (vtdpy1, 'KLMNOPQRST', 3, 1)
>>> status = vms_smg.put_chars (vtdpy1, 'abcdefghij', 4, 1)
>>> status = vms_smg.put_chars (vtdpy1, 'klmnopqrst', 5, 1)
>>>

Screen layout, file: VMS_SMG_008.JPG

(picture VMS_SMG_008.JPG)

>>> # move cursor outside the virtual display
>>> vms_smg.set_physical_cursor (pasteboard_id, 9, 17)
>>>

Screen layout, file: VMS_SMG_058.JPG

(picture VMS_SMG_058.JPG)

>>> # try to move cursor outside the pasteboard
>>> vms_smg.set_physical_cursor (pasteboard_id, 9, 99)
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
vms_smg.error: (1212948, '%SMG-F-INVCOL, invalid column')
>>>

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11-SEP-2000 ZE.