| View.maxcolor | Part of View module |
| Syntax | View.maxcolor : int
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| Description | The maxcolor function is used to determine the maximum color number for the current mode of the screen. The alternate spelling is maxcolour.
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| Example | This program outputs the maximum color number.
setscreen ("graphics")
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put "The maximum color number is ", View.maxcolor
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| Details | The screen should be in a "screen" or "graphics" mode. If it is not, it will automatically be set to "screen" mode. See View.Set for details. For IBM PC compatibles in "screen" mode, maxcolor = 15. For the default IBM PC compatible "graphics" mode (VGA), maxcolor = 15.
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| Details | View.maxcolor is identical to RGB.maxcolor. It is placed here for consistency with other screen information routines.
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| Status | Exported qualified. This means that you can only call the function by calling View.maxcolor. Note that RGB.maxcolor is exported unqualified, so that one can call maxcolor.
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| See also | Draw.Dot for examples of the use of maxcolor. See the Text.Color procedure which is used for setting the currently-active color.
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