Browser API

Browser (DDBR) Introduction

The Browser displays ASCII text on a terminal that supports a scroll region. It enables a user to view text but not to edit it. The text can be in the form of a VA FileMan WORD-PROCESSING field or sequential local or global array. The call allows the user to navigate within the document, displaying desired parts of the text. It enables the user to scroll:

• Up
• Down
• Right
• Left
• Top
• Bottom

It also allows the user to go to various locations in a document:

• Line
• Column
• Screen

The user can:

• Switch to another document instantaneously
• Find a string and select the search direction
• Split the screen to view separate parts of two documents simultaneously

VA FileMan provides a set of APIs so you can include Browser functionality in your applications.

22.2The Fileman Browser now works without the device file and can be invoked from Fileman directly.

REF: For more information about the Browser interface, see the "Browser" section in the VA FileMan User Manual.

Reviewed/Updated: October 2016