UniBasic Commands Reference - Rocket Software

BPIOCP
Syntax
BPIOCP
Description
The UniBasic BPIOCP command turns automatic pagination on. With pagination
on, printing to a terminal (without using cursor addressing) pauses at the bottom of
each screen display. The user is prompted before the next screen is displayed as
follows:
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Enter to continue...
Three user responses are valid for this prompt,which are listed in the following table.
Input Description
ENTER Pressing ENTER displays another screen of data.
N Continues display and disables automatic pagination (no pause at bottom of
each screen display).
Q Quits the current process and returns to the previous process.
BPIOCP User Responses
Example
The page control process is automatically disabled if the @ function is executed. For
example, all of the following statements disable terminal pagination:
PRINT @(1)
CRT @(2)
VARIABLE = @(3)
With page control disabled, UniData assumes that the program will control the
paging of data. To turn automatic pagination on from within a UniBasic program, use
BPIOCP.