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Delete text to the end
of the line
Changing control
characters
MR 2806
MR 2839
Application-oriented manual – Control of alphanumeric HMIs (LCD) and printers
The default character for deleting text up to the end of line is the dollar character
'$'.
Using this character deletes the rest of the line from the present cursor position
onwards.
Example
DisplayText(0, 25,
Result: "Position :" is displayed from cursor position 25 onwards, and the rest of
the line is deleted.
To make the underline "_" and dollar "$" characters appear as regular characters,
you must change the corresponding control character. Define the control charac-
ters in module registers MR 2839 and MR 2840.
3.5.4 Register description
Text selection for DisplayText2
The value in this module register specifies which one of the two text strings is to
be output.
Property
Values
Tab. 14: Text selection for DisplayText2
Control character for clearing the screen content
This module register contains the ASCII code of the control character clearing the
screen content.
Property
Values
Value after reset
Takes effect
Tab. 15: Control character for clearing the screen content
'Position
:$');
Description
0
Text1
1
Text2
Description
0 ... 255
95 ('_')
Upon the next execution of the STX 'DisplayText()' or
'DisplayText2()' command
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