Re(2): OPNQRY reference book

Here's a kind of hokey example that should give you some ideas about what
you can do. On a more practical level, I use them with item descriptions,
status messages, etc., so that I can control the color of the field on the
screen based on its contents (e.g. "Rejected" in red, "Warning" in yellow,
etc.):

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Display file:
A                                      DSPSIZ(24 80 *DS3)                 
     010131
A          R SCRN01                                                       
     010131
A                                      CF03                               
     010131
A                                  6 20'Rotating Colors Display Screen'   
     010131
A                                  9 20'The current color is:'            
     010131
A                                      COLOR(WHT)                         
     010131
A            @@FLD1        13A  O  9 42                                   
     010131
A                                 12 20'Press ENTER to cycle; F3 to Exit' 
     010131
A                                      COLOR(BLU)                         
     010131
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RPG program:
     FTST99FM CF  E                    WORKSTN                        
     E                    CLR         7  1                            
     E                    TXT     1   7 11                            
     I            DS                                                  
     I                                        1   1 @@XGRN            
     I                                        2   2 @@XWHT            
     I                                        3   3 @@XRED            
     I                                        4   4 @@XTRQ            
     I                                        5   5 @@XYLW            
     I                                        6   6 @@XPNK            
     I                                        7   7 @@XBLU            
     I                                        1   7 CLR               
     I@@FLD1      DS                                                  
     I                                        1   1 @@F11             
     I                                        2  12 @@F12             
     I                                       13  13 @@F13             
      * initialize color fields                                       
     C                     MOVE X'20'     @@F13            off        
     C                     MOVE X'20'     @@XGRN           green (off)
     C                     MOVE X'22'     @@XWHT           white      
     C                     MOVE X'28'     @@XRED           red        
     C                     MOVE X'30'     @@XTRQ           turquoise  
     C                     MOVE X'32'     @@XYLW           yellow     
     C                     MOVE X'38'     @@XPNK           violet
     C                     MOVE X'3A'     @@XBLU           blue  
      *                                                          
     C                     MOVE X'20'     @@F13            off   
      *                                                          
     C                     Z-ADD0         X       10             
     C           *INKC     DOWEQ*OFF                             
     C                     ADD  1         X                      
     C           X         IFGT 7                                
     C                     Z-ADD1         X                      
     C                     ENDIF                                 
     C                     MOVE CLR,X     @@F11                  
     C                     MOVELTXT,X     @@F12     P            
     C                     EXFMTSCRN01                           
     C                     ENDDO                                 
     C                     MOVE *ON       *INLR                  
** CLR                                                           
GREEN (OFF)                                                      
WHITE                                                            
RED                                                              
TURQUOISE                                                        
YELLOW                                                           
VIOLET                                                           
BLUE                                                             
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RPG400-L@midrange.com writes:
>Mike Naughton wrote:
>> 
>> etc. I've even used them to hold color values for attribute bytes, so
>that
>> I can get creative with my display screens without using a lot of
>> indicators. . . .
>
>I'm curious.  Can you give an example of creative displays?


Mike Naughton
Senior Programmer/Analyst
Judd Wire, Inc.
124 Turnpike Road
Turners Falls, MA  01376
413-863-4357 x444
mnaughton@juddwire.com

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