Initializing help system before first use

readtextline

Purpose
Read a line of text from the current input stream.
Synopsis
function readtextline(txt:text):integer
function readtextline(txt:text,msize:integer):integer
Arguments
txt 
A text object
msize 
Maximum number of bytes to read
Return value
Number of characters read or -1 if end of file.
Module
mmsystem

Parent Topic Procedures and functions

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