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  • Subject: Re: Colored Break Messages
  • From: Larry Bolhuis <lbolhui@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 23:20:41 -0500
  • Organization: Arbor Solutions, Inc

"Al Barsa, Jr." wrote:
> I don't think that you can do it.
> 
> I used to insert colors into text fields and the like on the System/38, and
> IBM got mad at me for doing it, so they purged any inserted attribute bytes
> into IBM data fields with the AS/400 came out.

  I think Al's right (again).

  We did the same thing on S/34 and S/36 but the 400 definately strips out all
attribute bytes.  We tried everything we could think of to embed hex codes in 
the
message but they never make it to the display.

  Sure would like to be proven wrong though!!

  - Larry


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