MESSAGE ROW (command)

MESSAGE ROW #, SET MESG COLUMN #, and CENTER MESG are commands which change the position of the Message Line within the screen. These commands can be used to make dialogue or messages appear to be coming from somewhere besides the bottom row of the screen or to position a status bar.

Usage

. "putting the message line at the top of the screen and displaying two lines of text"
message row is 0
set mesg column to 3
* "~fHELLO,\nWORLD!"
wait for 50
. "now, return the message line to its default settings and clear it"
clear mesg
message row is 24
center mesg

Supplementary Commands

* "string"

See main article.