VioCreatePS

Creates a VIO presentation space.

Syntax

VioCreatePS(phvps, Rows, Columns, Format, AttrBytes, hvps)

Parameters

phvps (PHVIO) - output

Pointer to the presentation-space handle.

The location where the newly created presentation-space handle is to be returned.

Rows (ULONG) - input

Number of rows.

The number of rows in the presentation space. The maximum value allowed is 255.

Columns (ULONG) - input

Number of columns.

The number of columns in the presentation space. The maximum value allowed is 255.

Format (ULONG) - input

Format of the attributes

The attributes may be one of the following format types:

1 VGA compatible

2 Unicode

3 MFI compatible

AttrBytes (ULONG) - input

Number of attribute bytes.

This is used along with the format to select the attribute structure. This field has a value of 1, 2, or 3.

hvps (HVIO) - input

Reserved. Must be 0.

Return Code

rc (APIRET) - returns

VioCreatePS returns one of the following values:

• 0 NO_ERROR
• 421 ERROR_VIO_INVALID_PARMS
• 436 ERROR_VIO_INVALID_HANDLE