Escape Sequence Summary

Sculpting the Screen

  • ESC_1    Turns sculpture mode on or off.

  • ESC_2    Draws a sculpted box.

  • ESC_3    Draws a sculpted horizontal line.

  • ESC_4    Draws a sculpted vertical line.

  • ESC_5    Changing default colours.

Managing Controls

  • ESC_9    Verifies a named control is valid.

  • ESC_10    Destroys a named control.

  • ESC_11    Enables/disables a named control.

  • ESC_12    Shows/hides named control(s).

  • ESC_13    Re-sizes and/or moves a control's window.

  • ESC_14    Changes a control's colours.

  • ESC_15    Sets/clears event reporting for named controls.

  • ESC_16    Sets input focus to a named control.

  • ESC_17    Sets input focus to an unknown control.

  • ESC_18    Uses groups of controls.

  • ESC_19    Returns a given string when an event occurs.

  • ESC_20    Sets control's accelerator character.

  • ESC_21    Sets the meaning of the <Return> key.

Copy and Paste

  • ESC_22    Copies an area of the screen.

  • ESC_23    Pastes a saved area of screen.

  • ESC_24    Clears all slots of saved screen regions.

Root Control Features

  • ESC_25    Creates the root control.

  • ESC_26    Reads a value from the root control.

  • ESC_27    Manipulate the root control.

  • ESC_28    Miscellaneous control functions.

Secondary Windows

  • ESC_29    Secondary Windows manipulation.

Buttons

  • ESC_30    Creates a text pushbutton with a text label.

  • ESC_31    Creates an image pushbutton.

  • ESC_32    Display an image.

  • ESC_33    Commands for toolboxes, toolbars, commands and menus.

  • ESC_34    Creates a check box.

  • ESC_35    Creates a radio button.

  • ESC_36    Reads a value from a button.

  • ESC_37    Manipulates a button.

List Boxes

  • ESC_40    Creates/adds entries to/removes entries from string lists.

  • ESC_41    Read a value from a string list.

  • ESC_42    Manipulates a string list.

  • ESC_45    Creates a list box or combo box.

  • ESC_46    Reads a value from a list box or combo box.

  • ESC_47    Manipulates a list box or combo box.

  • ESC_50    Creates an edit box.

  • ESC_51     Reads a value from an edit box.

  • ESC_52    Manipulates an edit box.

  • ESC_53    Creates a static label.

  • ESC_70    Attach a validation to an edit box.

Miscellaneous

  • ESC_56    Changes the Windows pointer

  • ESC_91    Creates a modal message box.

  • ESC_92    Sets status bar text.

  • ESC_93    Changes text font.

  • ESC_94    Status bar and Windows help functions.

  • ESC_95    Returns notification after a set time.