Input Commands

The following functions can be used to gather input data:

COMM	Retrieve the value or status of a communications parameter
COMM LINE	Receive a CR/LF terminated "line" of data from a serial port
COMM RECV	Receive binary data from a serial port
COMMAND$	Return the command-line used to start the program
ENVIRON	Modify the current program's environment table.
ENVIRON$	Retrieve strings from the operating system's environment table
EOF	Return end-of-file status of a file, serial or TCP/UDP transmission
FIELD	Bind a field string to a file buffer or dynamic string variable
FILESCAN	Rapidly scan a INPUT or BINARY file to obtain string size info
FREEFILE	Return the next available PowerBASIC file number
GET	Read a record from a random-access file
GET$	Read a string from a file opened in binary mode
GRAPHIC INKEY$	Read a keyboard character if one is ready from the graphic window
GRAPHIC INPUT	Read data from the keyboard from within a graphic window
GRAPHIC INPUT FLUSH	Remove all buffered keyboard data.
GRAPHIC INSTAT	Determine whether a keyboard character is ready.
GRAPHIC LINE INPUT	Read an entire line from the keyboard from graphic window
GRAPHIC WAITKEY$	Read a keyboard character from the graphic window, waiting until one is ready.
GRAPHIC WINDOW CLICK	Check whether a graphic window has been clicked with the mouse
INPUT#	Load variables with data from a sequential file
INPUTBOX$	INPUTBOX$ displays a dialog box containing a prompt
LINE INPUT#	Read line(s) from a sequential file into a string variable or array
LOC	Determine the current seek position in an open disk file
LOF	Return the length of an open disk file
MSGBOX	Display a message box and get the users Ok/Cancel selection
MSGBOX	Display an informational message box and discard the users selection
PEEK	Return the byte at a specific memory location
PEEK$	Return a sequence of bytes starting at a specific memory location