ENABLE Reference Manual

ENABLE ATTRIBUTES

SCREENFORMAT Attribute

The SCREENFORMAT attribute indicates the screen layout scheme

for a box. The syntax for the SCREENFORMAT attribute is:

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| SCREENFORMAT { UNCOMPRESSED } |

| { COMPRESSED } |

| |

| UNCOMPRESSED |

| |

| indicates that each screen line in the box is to display |

| at most one screen field. If the value of the HEADINGS |

| attribute is not NULL, each screen line displays exactly |

| one screen label. |

| |

| COMPRESSED |

| |

| indicates that each screen line in the box is to contain |

| as many screen label and field pairs as will fit on a |

| screen line. If HEADINGS is not NULL, labels and fields |

| for the elementary items of groups begin on a new screen |

| line. If HEADINGS is NULL no more than one record |

| appears on each screen line. (See the SIZE attribute |

| for more information.) |

| |

| The starting value of the SCREENFORMAT attribute is |

| UNCOMPRESSED. |

| |

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Consideration

When HEADINGS is not NULL, SCREENFORMAT is COMPRESSED, and the

record description associated with a box contains group fields,

the application displays labels and fields on a new screen line

whenever it encounters a group or a new level number within the

group in the record description.

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