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LOCATE Statement Programming Examples
 
These examples show how to use the LOCATE statement to move the cursor
and select items from a menu.
 
Here is an example that shows the effects on the cursor of different
LOCATE statements:
 
CLS                       'Clear screen
LOCATE 5, 5               'Moves cursor to row 5, column 5
PRINT "C"
DO
LOOP WHILE INKEY$ = ""    'Press any key to continue
LOCATE 1,1                'Moves cursor to upper-left corner of the screen.
PRINT "C"
DO
LOOP WHILE INKEY$ = ""    'Press any key to continue
LOCATE,,1                 'Makes the cursor visible; position remains
                          'unchanged.
PRINT "C"
DO
LOOP WHILE INKEY$ = ""    'Press any key to continue
LOCATE,,,7                'Position and cursor visibility remain unchanged;
                          'sets the cursor to display at the bottom of
                          'the character box starting and ending on
                          'scan line 7.
PRINT "C"
DO
LOOP WHILE INKEY$ = ""    'Press any key to continue
LOCATE 5,1,1,0,7          'Moves the cursor to line 5, column 1;
                          'turns cursor on; cursor covers entire
                          'character cell starting at scan line
                          '0 and ending on scan line 7.
PRINT "C"
DO
LOOP WHILE INKEY$ = ""    'Press any key to continue
 
 
Here is part of a program that prints a menu on the screen, then waits
for input in the allowable range (1-4). If a number outside that range
is entered, the program continues to prompt for a selection:
 
                                ----- Note -----
This program is incomplete. Do not try to run it in its current form.
                                ----------------
 
CONST FALSE=0, TRUE=NOT FALSE
DO
    CLS
    PRINT "MAIN MENU" : PRINT
    PRINT "1)  Add Records"
    PRINT "2)  Display/Update/Delete a Record"
    PRINT "3)  Print Out List of People Staying at Hotel"
    PRINT "4)  End Program"
    ' Change cursor to a block.
    LOCATE ,,1,1,12
    LOCATE 12,1
    PRINT "What is your selection?";
    DO
       CH$ = INPUT$(1)
    LOOP WHILE (CH$ < "1" OR CH$ > "4")
    PRINT CH$
 
' Call the appropriate subprogram.
    SELECT CASE VAL(CH$)
       CASE 1
          CALL Add
       CASE 2
          CALL Search
       CASE 3
          CALL Hotel
       CASE 4
          CALL Quit
    END SELECT
LOOP WHILE NOT ENDPROG
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END