NET/MASTER Network Control Language (NCL) Reference Manual

&SYS.PANEL.OUTHIC
System Variables
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&SYS.PANEL.OUTHIC The &SYS.PANEL.OUTHIC system variable contains the value specified with the
command SYSPARMS SPOUTHIC. This is the value for the operand COLOR in
specifying the display characteristics of permanent output data fields on a panel. The
default value is WHITE.
&SYS.PANEL.OUTHIC
Considerations
A new value can be assigned to this variable only by using the command
SYSPARMS SPOUTHIC. See the example that follows.
An attempt to change this variable to an invalid color produces an error. Valid
values are BLUE, GREEN, PINK, RED, TURQUOISE, WHITE, and YELLOW.
See the panel statement #FLD in Section 6, “Panel Control Statements.”
See also the other system variables that relate to panels. They all begin with the
letters &SYS.PANEL.
Example
The following example displays the &SYS.PANEL.OUTHIC system variable and
shows how to change it. Initially it is WHITE; after the change it becomes BLUE:
PROC:PROCEDURE
SAY "&SYS.PANEL.OUTHIC = " &SYS.PANEL.OUTHIC
INTCMD "SYSPARMS SPOUTHIC=BLUE"
INTREAD
INTCONT
SAY "&SYS.PANEL.OUTHIC NOW = " &SYS.PANEL.OUTHIC
END PROC