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Display and Control of Windows
Section 8-4
[Operation]
To check the display status of a window, operate as follows.
S Reading out the opening/closing status of a window
The bit for notifying the PT status (PT status notify bit) is provided at the second
word (word m + 1) from the beginning of the PT status notify area.
00
1 (ON)
Run
Low
Printing
Off
Open
Open
Open
0 (OFF)
Stop
Normal
Stopped
Lit/Flashing
Closed
Closed
Closed
0000
Notified Information
PT operation status
Battery status
Screen switch strobe
Numeral setting strobe flag
Character string setting strobe flag
Printer operating status
Backlight status
Global window open status
Local window1 open status
Local window2 open status
15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Bit
15
13
12
11
10
7
6
5
4
3
(1) Check the bits from 3 to 5 of the second word (word m + 1) from the beginning
of the PT status notify area with the program in the host.
The status of each bit and the correspondence to a window are as follows.
Bit Name 1 (ON) 0 (OFF)
5 Global window open status Open Closed
4 Local window 1 open status Open Closed
3 Local window 2 open status Open Closed
By checking the status of the bit shift, it is possible to know the occurrence of
opening/closing of the window.
S Notification of window screen number and coordinates
In the window control area, the following three words are provided for each glob-
al window, local window 1 and local window 2.
15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Bit
Screen No. (4-digit BCD or hexadecimal)
X coordinate (4-digit BCD or hexadecimal)
Y coordinate (4-digit BCD or hexadecimal)
Screen No. (4-digit BCD or hexadecimal)
X coordinate (4-digit BCD or hexadecimal)
Y coordinate (4-digit BCD or hexadecimal)
Screen No. (4-digit BCD or hexadecimal)
X coordinate (4-digit BCD or hexadecimal)
Y coordinate (4-digit BCD or hexadecimal)
Word
k
k+1
k+2
k+3
k+4
k+5
k+6
k+7
k+8
Global window
Local Window1
Local Window2
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