*BGCOLOR (KEYIN and DISPLAY)


ANSI

*BGCOLOR=[{value} | {*color}]

 

This list control provides access to the PC compatible color attributes. {value} may be a decimal value, an Expression, or a numeric variable between zero (0) and eight (8). The various colors are defined by the following color map. The color values may be given as any one of the color keywords defined in the {*color} section. For example:

 

COLOR

FORM

"4"

 

...

 

 

DISPLAY

*BGCOLOR=4

 

DISPLAY

*BGCOLOR=COLOR

 

DISPLAY

*BGCOLOR=*RED

 

Each of these DISPLAY statements sets the background color to red.

 

Color

Value

*BLACK

0

*BLUE

1

*GREEN

2

*CYAN

3

*RED

4

*MAGENTA

5

*BROWN

6

*WHITE

7

 

 

See Also: List Controls (KEYIN and DISPLAY), List Controls (KEYIN), DISPLAY, KEYIN

 



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