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Geethanjali
Occasional Contributor
5 years ago

Setting the cursor to a specified row and column

Hello   I have to set my cursor position to a specific row and column for entering the data in a frame . This is in AS400 I was able to get the current cursor row and column by using cursorCol and...
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    BenoitB
    5 years ago

    On your AS400 terminal you select which font you use. Take a fixed font, note the width/height and do simple math.  Beware of screen dpi.

    Y = (Row - 1) * font height +font heigth / 2

    X = (Col - 1) * font width + font width / 2

    Row 3 col 2 and font 8x16 ->  

    Y = 2 * 16 + 8 = 40

    X = 1 * 8 + 4 = 12

    And then do a mouse click on theses coords.

     

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BenoitB
Community Hero
5 years ago

On your AS400 terminal you select which font you use. Take a fixed font, note the width/height and do simple math.  Beware of screen dpi.

Y = (Row - 1) * font height +font heigth / 2

X = (Col - 1) * font width + font width / 2

Row 3 col 2 and font 8x16 ->  

Y = 2 * 16 + 8 = 40

X = 1 * 8 + 4 = 12

And then do a mouse click on theses coords.

 

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    sonya_m
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    5 years ago

    Thanks a lot Benoit🙂

     

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