VioScrLock (FAPI)

This call requests ownership of (locks) the physical display buffer.

Syntax

VioScrLock (WaitFlag, Status, VioHandle)

Parameters

WaitFlag (USHORT) - input

Indicates whether the process should block until the screen I/O can take place.

Value        Definition
0        Return if screen I/O not available
1        Wait until screen I/O is available.

Status (PUCHAR) - output

Address of the Indicator of whether the lock is successful, described below.

Value            Definition
0            Lock successful
1            Lock unsuccessful (in the case of no wait).

Status is returned only when AX = 0.

Status = 1 may be returned only when WaitFlag = 0.

VioHandle (HVIO) - input

Reserved word of 0s.

Return Code

rc (USHORT) - return

Return code descriptions are:

• 0 NO_ERROR
• 366 ERROR_VIO_WAIT_FLAG
• 430 ERROR_VIO_ILLEGAL_DURING_POPUP
• 434 ERROR_VIO_LOCK
• 436 ERROR_VIO_INVALID_HANDLE
• 465 ERROR_VIO_DETACHED
• 494 ERROR_VIO_EXTENDED_SG

Remarks

This function call permits a process to determine if I/O to the physical screen buffer can take place. This prevents the process from writing to the physical buffer when the process is in the background. Processes must cooperate with the system in coordinating screen accesses.

Screen switching is disabled while the screen lock is in place. If a screen switch is suspended by a screen lock, and if the application holding the lock does not issue VioScrUnLock within a system-defined time limit, the screen switch occurs, and the process holding the lock is frozen in the background. A process should yield the screen lock as soon as possible to avoid being frozen when running in the background. The timeout on the lock does not begin until a screen switch is requested.

When the screen lock is in effect and another thread in the same or different process (in the same session) issues VioScrLock, the second thread receives an error code. VioScrUnLock must be issued by a thread within the same process that issued VioScrLock.

Family API Considerations

Some options operate differently in the DOS mode than in the OS/2 mode. Therefore, the following restriction applies to VioScrLock when coding in the DOS mode:

The status always indicates the lock is successful (Return code = 0).

Example Code

C Binding

#define INCL_VIO

USHORT  rc = VioScrLock(WaitFlag, Status, VioHandle);

USHORT           WaitFlag;      /* Block or not */
PUCHAR           Status;        /* Lock status (returned) */
HVIO             VioHandle;     /* Video handle */

USHORT           rc;            /* return code */

MASM Binding

EXTRN  VioScrLock:FAR
INCL_VIO            EQU 1

PUSH   WORD    WaitFlag      ;Block or not
PUSH@  BYTE    Status        ;Lock status (returned)
PUSH   WORD    VioHandle     ;Video handle
CALL   VioScrLock

Returns WORD