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twInfoLine( Wait, InMsg, cJustify, nLine )
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Display an informative message on the screen row reserved for area
messages with various exit modes. Portions of the string enclosed
in (..) (CHR(174) and CHR(175) ) will be displayed in the enhanced
colour, the remainder in the standard colour. The '..' DO NOT add
to the length of the string!
Arguments:
Wait - 'N' 0 - Wait for a key press then restore the underlying
screen.
-1 - Leave the message on the screen and free the
stack allocation space.
-2 - Leave the message on the screen but keep it on
the stack to be released later with
twAMsgEnd().
n - Wait 'n' seconds or until a key is pressed,
then restore the underlying screen.
Wait defaults to 0.
InMsg - 'C' String to be displayed. The string may use two
colour attributes. ( See cJustify ) The string will
be truncated to fit on the screen.
cJustify - 'C' "R" - Right Justify the string.
"C" - Center Justify the string.
"L" - Left Justify the string.
"P" - Left justify the string. This is a
compatibility function for old versions of
TSDWIN and will not be supported in the next
release.
Return:
The exit key or 0.
Example:
twInfoLine( -2, "Press .ESC. to Exit" )
'ESC' is displayed in the enhanced colour, the rest in the
standard colour.