C$MONITOR

C$MONITOR

The C$MONITOR library routine returns information about the available monitors.

Syntax

CALL "C$MONITOR" USING opCode

parameters

GIVING returnCode

Parameters:

opCode	Function to be executed. Valid values, defined in iscobol.def.
	get-no-monitor	Add keystrokes to the end of the keyboard buffer
	get-monitor-info	Add keystrokes to the beginning of the keyboard buffer
parameter1	Parameters depend on the opcode.

Return code

returnCode can be any signed numeric data item. The meaning depends on the opcode.

Examples:

Example - Retrieve how many monitors are available

working-storage section.

copy "iscobol.def".

77 monitor-count pic 99.

77 main-index pic 99.

procedure division.

main.

call "c$monitor" using cmonitor-get-no-monitor

monitor-count, main-index.

display "there are " monitor-count " monitors available".

display "the default monitor is number " main-index.