How to get current screen size?

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   How do I get the current screen settings?  I already know how to programmatically set the cols and rows, but how do I read in their current values?  I want to be able to programmatically store the settings so I can reset them later.

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rkgozar Members Profile Find Members Posts Newbie Joined: August 31 2004 Status: Offline Points: 28	Post Options Post Reply Quote rkgozar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: How to get current screen size? Posted: September 09 2008 at 1:08am
	How do I get the current screen settings? I already know how to programmatically set the cols and rows, but how do I read in their current values? I want to be able to programmatically store the settings so I can reset them later.

PSchellenbach Members Profile Find Members Posts Admin Group Moderator Joined: December 15 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2150	Post Options Post Reply Quote PSchellenbach Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: September 10 2008 at 3:17am
	Hi Rex - While you can use a script to retrieve most any setting, here's a link to a forum topic that discusses saving nearly all the settings to a temporary file, then restoring them later. If this will not work for you, let me know and I'll post some sample code to retrieve the screen size for you. Thanks, Pete

rkgozar Members Profile Find Members Posts Newbie Joined: August 31 2004 Status: Offline Points: 28	Post Options Post Reply Quote rkgozar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: September 10 2008 at 7:10am
	I don't really want to save the settings in an ini file on the local PC, then have to somehow read it or transfer it to the server. I already saw that solution in the AccuTerm documentation. Is there any other way?

rbaker_hughes Members Profile Find Members Posts Newbie Joined: October 06 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 13	Post Options Post Reply Quote rbaker_hughes Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: September 10 2008 at 8:27am
	Pete, Could you either post that code you mentioned on the forum or send it to me too. I also am looking for the documentation that shows what the different client side scripts are that we can call from the multi-value host, to change the user's session. I found this in the previous thread: PRINT ESC:STX:'P INITSESSION.FONTNAME="FIXEDSYS"':CR: What is it to set the screen width or length? I like the idea of saving the user's whole session object before making the change and then restoring it back when the screen execution completes. That's superior to assuming that everyone uses 80 chars wide and forcing the screen to that. Thanks, -Baker You can actually DISREGARD this request. I found the answers I need by digging around through previous posts. Thankx
	Baker