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EPI RDSCRROW—Return Text from Specified Row

The EPI RDSCRROW command returns a specified row as one output line. EPI does not allow the RDSCRROW command to read row 0, the operator information area. If trimming is on, trailing blanks are trimmed.

This command runs in AOF rules synchronously and returns data in the external data queue.

EPI RDSCRROW has the following format:

ADDRESS EPI "RDSCRROW keywords"

{termname|*}
{row}

termname

Defines the virtual terminal from which you want to retrieve the row.

*

Retrieves the specified row for the current terminal that is defined by the SETTERM command.

row

Specifies the number of the row to return.

EPI RDSCRROW Sample Coding Statements

The following sample coding statement returns the text on line 24 of the screen image on virtual terminal TERM4:

RDSCRROW TERM4 24