Re: Question on 5250 attribute values

[PaulMmn <PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>We are developing a 5250 emulation product that runs in the Windows CE
>operating environment and there seems to be some debate as to the
>correct values for certain 5250 blink attributes.
>
>2A     Red, blink
>2B     Red, reverse image, blink
>2E     Red, underscore, blink
>
>Can anyone confirm that these are the correct values for these
>attributes.  And possibly give the name of the IBM document that
>contains this information.
>
>
>Thanks,
>Don LaGesse
>Product Manager
>FutureSoft Inc


Check some 5250 style terminals, and fire up the 'verify device' mode...
this usually includes a screen that shows 1 of every character and 1 of
every display attribute.

Or, once again on a terminal, put it in 'display hidden' mode and most will
display the atribute bytes on the screen.

There are some differences between monochrome and color displays.  And some
attribute combinations seem to cancel each other out (ie blink reverse
image high intensity or some other nasty combinations).

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com


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