BOX

Action

Draws a box.

Syntax

BOX (top_left_row, top_left_column, bottom_right_row, bottom_right_column, "line style")

Parameters

Top_left_row, top_left_column, bottom_right_row, bottom_right_column

The four corners of the box to be drawn, expressed in screen coordinates. A value of 0,0 represents the top left corner of the screen.

Line style

Possible values for line style are:

single	Single line outline, space as filler
double	Double line, space as filler
full	Full line, space as filler
grid	Single line, cross as filler

You can also create a custom box by using a string value for line style. The string can contain as many as 9 characters, which are defined as follows.

This character in the string	Represents this portion of the box
1^st	Top-left corner
2^nd	Top horizontal
3^rd	Top -right corner
4^th	Right vertical
5^th	Bottom -right corner
6^th	Bottom horizontal
7^th	Bottom -left corner
8^th	Left vertical
9^th	Filler

Remarks

The BOX command is ignored if all output is redirected to a file (or the console) using the REDIRECTOUTPUT function.

Returns

Nothing.

Example

BOX (10, 10, 12, 15, "+-+|+-+| ") ;

produces the following box:

+---+
| |
+---+