Text (Basic4GL)

Basic4GL's text functions are useful for making text games.

• Draw Text
• Draw Text at a Location
• Clear the Screen
• Change the Text Size
• Change the Text Color
• Change the Font
• Calculate the Text Character Size
• Get Text Input from the Player
• Text FAQ

Basic4GL Text Functions

• CharAt$()
• ClearLine() - clear a single line
• ClearRegion() - clear a square region of the screen
• Cls - clear the screen of text.
• Color() - change the text color.
• DrawText() - draw text in TEXT_BUFFERED mode.
• Inkey$ - get the next key from the keyboard buffer
• Input - get a line of input from the player
• Locate - change the cursor position.
• Print - display text on the screen.
• Printr - display text on the screen.
• ResizeText() - change the text size.
• TextCols() - see how wide, in characters, the screen is
• TextMode() - change how text is displayed.
• TextRows() - see how tall, in characters, the screen is
• TextScroll() - check if text scrolling is enabled.
• SetTextScroll() - set text scrolling

String Handling Functions

• Asc()
• Chr$()
• LCase$()
• Left$()
• Len()
• Mid$()
• Right$()
• Str$()
• UCase$()
• Val()