LCD BARgraphs

**Darrel Taylor** · - 9th September 2005, 02:15

LCD BARgraphs
LCDbar_INC.bas
is an Include file that makes it easy to create BARgraphs on your LCD display.

Features:

Can be placed anywhere on the screen.
Can be any width (whole characters)
Can be scaled anywhere between 0 and 32768.
Three styles to choose from.  {lines, boxed, blocks}
Just 1 Command does it all. (Well, sort of)

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Code:

@   BARgraph   Value, Row, Col, Width, Range, Style  
  
Value: The Value of the BARgraph  (0 to Range).If Range = 100 and Value is 50, then            
          half of the BARgraph will be filled in.   Value MUST be a WORD sized variable¹  

Row: LCD Row to place the BARgraph (1 to 4)   can be either a constant or a  
          variable¹.  

Col: LCD Column to place the BARgraph (0 to LCDsize² - 1)   can be either a constant  
          or a variable¹. 

Width: Width of the BARgraph in charaters. (1 to LCDsize²)   can be either a constant  
          or a variable¹. 

Range: The "full-scale" range of the BARgraph  (0 to 32768) MUST be a constant.  
          Variables will not work here. 

Style: Selects which Style will be used for the BARgraph  (lines, boxed, blocks)   can  
          be either a constant or a variable¹.  

Note ¹ - Variables must be preceeded with a 
             underscore.   ie.  _Temperature    
Note ² - LCDsize is the number of Chars in 1 line of 
             the LCD, for "4x16" it's 16