Select Method

Applies To Objects

Description

For the Area object, the method selects the object. For the Screen object, the method selects the area defined by the coordinates and returns an Area object.

Area Syntax

object.Select

Element	Description
object	The Area object.

Screen Syntax

Set rc = object.Select(StartRow,StartCol,EndRow,EndCol[,Page][,SelectMode])

Element	Description
Set	The Set statement, required for assigning an object reference to a variable.
rc	The object variable for referencing the returned object.
object	The Screen object.
StartRow	The row where the selection begins.
StartCol	The column where the selection begins.
EndRow	The row where the selection ends.
EndCol	The column where the selection ends.
Page	VT session only -- the screen page.
	$image\note.gif$	This parameter is ignored for release 6.0 of EXTRA!.
SelectMode	The type of selection (or no selection). Use one of the constants listed below.

Comments

The following SelectMode constants indicate the selection type. The default value is select_stream.

Constant	Selection Type
select_none	Selects nothing.
select_block	Selects the block defined by the StartRow, StartCol, EndRow, and/or EndCol parameters.
select_stream	Selects the host data stream.