View.maxcolorPart of View module

Syntax   View.maxcolor : int

Description   The maxcolor function is used to determine the maximum color number for the current mode of the screen. The alternate spelling is maxcolour.

Example   This program outputs the maximum color number.

        setscreen ("graphics")
        …
        put "The maximum color number is ", View.maxcolor
Details   The screen should be in a "screen" or "graphics" mode. If it is not, it will automatically be set to "screen" mode. See View.Set for details.

For IBM PC compatibles in "screen" mode, maxcolor = 15. For the default IBM PC compatible "graphics" mode (VGA), maxcolor = 15.

Details   View.maxcolor is identical to RGB.maxcolor. It is placed here for consistency with other screen information routines.

Status   Exported qualified.

This means that you can only call the function by calling View.maxcolor. Note that RGB.maxcolor is exported unqualified, so that one can call maxcolor.

See also   Draw.Dot for examples of the use of maxcolor. See the Text.Color procedure which is used for setting the currently-active color.