display-id
OpenVMS usage:identifier
type: longword (unsigned)
access: read only
mechanism: by reference
Specifies the virtual display in which scrolling takes place. The
display-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword that
contains the display identifier.
The display identifier is returned by SMG$CREATE_VIRTUAL_DISPLAY.
start-row
OpenVMS usage:longword_signed
type: longword (signed)
access: read only
mechanism: by reference
Specifies the first row of the scrolling region. The start-row
argument is the address of a signed longword that contains the
starting row.
If start-row is omitted, row 1 of the specified virtual display
is used.
start-column
OpenVMS usage:longword_signed
type: longword (signed)
access: read only
mechanism: by reference
Specifies the first column of the scrolling region. The start-
column argument is the address of a signed longword that contains
the starting column.
If omitted, column 1 of the specified virtual display is used.
height
OpenVMS usage:longword_signed
type: longword (signed)
access: read only
mechanism: by reference
Specifies the number of rows in the scrolling region. The height
argument is the address of a signed longword that contains the
number of rows.
If omitted, this value defaults to either the height of the
virtual scrolling region (if one has been explicitly set with
SMG$SET_DISPLAY_SCROLL_REGION) or the height of the specified
virtual display.
When scrolling a portion of a virtual display that contains
double-height, double-width (highwide) characters, it is
recommended that you scroll the display an even number of times.
width
OpenVMS usage:longword_signed
type: longword (signed)
access: read only
mechanism: by reference
Specifies the number of columns in the scrolling region. The
width argument is the address of a signed longword that contains
the number of columns.
If omitted, this value defaults to the width of the specified
virtual display.
direction
OpenVMS usage:mask_longword
type: longword (unsigned)
access: read only
mechanism: by reference
Specifies the direction to scroll. The direction argument is the
address of a longword bit mask that contains the direction code.
Valid values are SMG$M_UP, SMG$M_DOWN, SMG$M_RIGHT, and SMG$M_
LEFT. SMG$M_UP is the default.
count
OpenVMS usage:longword_signed
type: longword (signed)
access: read only
mechanism: by reference
Specifies the number of lines or columns to scroll. The count
argument is the address of a signed longword that contains the
number of units (lines or columns) to scroll. If omitted, one
unit is scrolled.