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ICON_ZONE_PRINT
Purpose To enable or disable the printing of characters in the icon area.
Syntax ICON_ZONE_PRINT(status%)
Remarks “status%” an integer variable, indicating the printing status of the icon area.
0
1
The printing in the icon area is disabled (default).
The printing in the icon area is enabled.
The icon zone refers to an area on the LCD that is reserved for showing status
icon, such as the battery icon, alpha icon, etc. By default, the icon zone cannot
show characters and is accessed by graphic commands only.
8000
100x64 dots
The icon zone occupies the right-
most 4x64 dots.
Yet, 4 pixels' width cannot hold one character.
Therefore, even when ICON_ZONE_PRINT is enabled,
the display remains to show up to 8 lines * 16
characters for FONT_6X8
, or 4 lines * 12 characters
for FONT_8X16.
8200,
8400
160x160 dots
The icon zone occupies the bottom line, which takes
160x16 dots. When ICON_ZONE_PRINT is enabled,
the display can show up to 20 lines * 26 characters
for FONT_6X8
, or 10 lines * 20 characters for
FONT_8X16.
8300 128x64 dots The icon zone occupies the right-
most 8x64 dots.
When ICON_ZONE_PRINT is enabled, the display can
show up to 8 lines * 21 characters for FONT_6X8
4 lines * 16 characters for FONT_8X16.
8500,
8700
160x160 dots
The icon zone occupies the bottom line, which takes
160x8 dots for FONT_6X8
FONT_8X16
. When ICON_ZONE_PRINT is enabled,
the display can show up to 20 lines * 26 characters
for FONT_6X8
, or 10 lines * 20 characters for
FONT_8X16.
For any of the above displays, when ICON_ZONE_PRINT is
screen will be erased after calling CLS.
Note that the system may still show the status icons in this icon area, even
though ICON_ZONE_PRINT is enabled. This is because these status icons are
constantly maintained by the system, and the
y may override the printing of
characters from time to time.
Example
ICON_ZONE_PRINT(1)
' allow the printing of the icon area
See Also PRINT
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