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WinClose
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;* WinClose - "Closes" a window previously opened by the WinOpen procedure.
;* See also the WinOpen procedure.
;*
;* Shows:   DOS Function - 49h (Release Memory Block)
;*          Instructions - lodsw
;*          Operators - : (segment override)     SEG
;*
;* Uses:    vconfig - Video configuration structure, declared in the
;*          DEMO.INC include file. The structure must first be
;*          initialized by calling the GetVidConfig procedure.
;*
;* Params:  addr - Segment address of buffer that holds screen contents
;*                 saved in WinOpen procedure
;*
;* Return:  None
 
WinClose PROC \
        USES ds di si, \
        addr:WORD
 
        mov     ds, addr                ; DS:SI points to buffer
        sub     si, si
        lodsw
        mov     di, ax                  ; DI = video offset of window
        lodsw
        mov     bx, ax                  ; BX = number of window rows
        lodsw
        mov     cx, ax                  ; CX = number of columns
 
        mov     ax, SEG vconfig.sgmnt
        mov     es, ax                  ; Point ES to data segment
        push    es:vconfig.sgmnt
        pop     es                      ; ES = video segment
        mov     ax, 160                 ; Number of video cells/row
loop1:  push    di                      ; Save ptr to start of line
        push    cx                      ;   and number of columns
        cmp     vconfig.adapter, CGA    ; CGA adapter?
        jne     @F                      ; No?  Skip video disable
 
; Disable CGA video prior to memory move to avoid screen snow. (See the
; WinOpen and StrWrite procedures for further discussions on CGA snow.)
 
        call    DisableCGA              ; Yes?  Disable video
@@:     rep     movsw                   ; Copy one row to buffer
        cmp     vconfig.adapter, CGA
        jne     @F
        call    EnableCGA               ; Reenable CGA video
@@:     pop     cx                      ; Recover number of columns
        pop     di                      ;   and start of line
        add     di, ax                  ; Point to start of next line
        dec     bx                      ; Decrement row counter
        jnz     loop1                   ; Loop while rows remain
 
        mov     ah, 49h                 ; Request DOS Function 49h
        mov     es, addr
        int     21h                     ; Release Memory Block
        ret
 
WinClose ENDP
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