# Service functions - Common

Function | Description
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| AdvControl | advanced control functions; can be called from anywhere: panels, viewer or editor.
CharTable | allows to get information about installed character tables.
CmpName | function compares a text string (for example, a file name) with a pattern (mask).
GetMsg | returns a message from the language file.
Menu | shows a menu.
RestoreScreen | restores a screen area previously saved by SaveScreen.
SaveScreen | saves a screen area.
ShowHelp | shows the specified FAR help topic for the specified hlf file.
Text | writes a text string to the screen.

See also:
Exported functions, Structures, Archive support, Addons, Win32 structures and function