Read Screen into Variable

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Read Screen into Variable

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The Read Screen into Variable dialog box lets you insert a command that reads the contents of the specified location into the previously declared variable. This is useful if the variable is compared later and branched according to the result.

Variable—Select a previously declared variable from the drop-down list.

Start Position

Row—Type a number representing the row position.

Column—Type a number representing the column position.

Length—Type the number of character positions in the specified row following (and including) the column position.

Note: 
  The Length option takes precedence over the Read Only One Word option.

Read Only One Word—Read all characters up to the first space.


Related Topics

Declare Variable

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