Category: DESQview/TopView and Quarterdeck programs
INT 15 - TopView - SEND MESSAGE - "READN" - GET NEXT N OBJECT BYTES AH = 12h BH = 12h BL = window to read from 00h handle is DWORD on top of stack 01h read next N chars or attributes on task's default window 0Ch (DV 2.26+) read window of task owning handle on top of stack 0Dh (DV 2.26+) read default window of parent of current task STACK: DWORD count Return: STACK: DWORD number of bytes actually read DWORD address of buffer containing data Notes: reading starts at the current logical cursor position; the cursor is updated to point at the character following the last one read any translucent blanks (FFh) which are visible on screen are changed to the character which is seen through them the string produced by the read is placed in an input buffer which may be reused by the next READ or READN of a window window stream opcodes D8h and D9h determine whether the read returns characters or attributes SeeAlso: AH=12h/BH=04h"WINDOW",AH=12h/BH=05h"WINDOW"