Page command

[greycheek]

when creating a new page from within my program, I can easily get a button to show up in it, but the DRAW TEXT command always draws to the default page, and not the new one. What do I need to do?

[Mr. Kibernetik]

DRAW TEXT does not draw on a page, it draws on a graphics screen.

[greycheek]

so there can only be one graphics screen to a program?

[Mr. Kibernetik]

so there can only be one graphics screen to a program?

Yes.

[greycheek]

ok, so how can I get text and a button on a separate page and at the same time?

[Mr. Kibernetik]

ok, so how can I get text and a button on a separate page and at the same time?

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PAGE 0 SET
FIELD 0 TEXT "Text" AT 10,10 RO
BUTTON 0 TEXT "Button" AT 70, 10

FOR x=0 TO SCREEN_WIDTH()
  PAGE 0 AT x,0
  PAUSE 0.01
NEXT x

[greycheek]

That procedure works except that I have a number of text fields set up on the default page. After switching page back to the default page from the new page, the text fields are blank.

[Mr. Kibernetik]

That procedure works except that I have a number of text fields set up on the default page. After switching page back to the default page from the new page, the text fields are blank.

It will be good if you post a simple example code to demonstrate the problem.

[greycheek]

See below. Note how the first text field disappears after hitting the back button.

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GRAPHICS
SET BUTTONS CUSTOM
SET BUTTONS FONT SIZE 9
SET BUTTONS FONT NAME "DINAlternate-Bold"
DRAW COLOR .5,.5,.5
GET SCREEN SIZE W,H

DIM butt$(2),box$(6)
butt$(0)="info"
butt$(1)="back"

FOR i = 0 TO 5
  box$(i)= STR$(i)
  FIELD box$(i) TEXT "Text" AT 10,10+(30*i) SIZE 100,25
  FIELD box$(i) FONT NAME "DINAlternate-Bold"
  FIELD box$(i) BACK COLOR .5,.5,.5
NEXT i
BUTTON butt$(0) TEXT "SEE INFO" AT 200,10 SIZE 75,25

' MAIN
loopy = 1
WHILE loopy
 FOR i=0 TO 1
	IF BUTTON_PRESSED(butt$(i)) THEN
	 IF i=0 THEN
		PAGE 1 SET
		PAGE 1 SHOW
		PAGE 1 ALPHA 1
		PAGE 1 AT 0,0
		FIELD 0 TEXT "Text goes here . . ." AT 10,10 SIZE W,H ML RO
		BUTTON butt$(1) TEXT "BACK" AT 20,50 SIZE 50,25
	 ELSE
		PAGE 1 HIDE
	 END IF
	END IF
 NEXT i
END WHILE

[Mr. Kibernetik]

Note how the first text field disappears after hitting the back button.

Because it goes to page "1" after executing the command

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FIELD 0 TEXT "Text goes here . . ." AT 10,10 SIZE W,H ML RO