NET/MASTER Network Control Language (NCL) Reference Manual

&SYS.PANEL.OUTLOC
System Variables
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&SYS.PANEL.OUTLOC The &SYS.PANEL.OUTLOC system variable contains the value specified with the
command SYSPARMS SPOUTLOC. This is the value for the operand COLOR in
specifying the display characteristics of optional output data fields on a panel. The
default value is TURQUOISE.
&SYS.PANEL.OUTLOC
Considerations
A new value can be assigned to this variable only by using the command
SYSPARMS SPOUTLOC. 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.OUTLOC system variable and
shows how to change it. Initially it is TURQUOISE; after the change it becomes BLUE:
PROC:PROCEDURE
SAY "&SYS.PANEL.OUTLOC = " &SYS.PANEL.OUTLOC
INTCMD "SYSPARMS SPOUTLOC=BLUE"
INTREAD
INTCONT
SAY "&SYS.PANEL.OUTLOC NOW = " &SYS.PANEL.OUTLOC
END PROC