NET/MASTER Network Control Language (NCL) Reference Manual

#TRAILER
Panel Control Statements
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#TRAILER The #TRAILER panel control statement provides a means for positioning text at the
bottom of the screen, regardless of the screen’s size.
This statement is useful for positioning the function key prompts that are
conventionally placed at the bottom of a screen.
A #TRAILER statement precedes, and follows, the lines of text that you want to
appear at the bottom of the screen.
#TRAILER [ START [ POSITION={ YES | NO } ] | END ]
START
specifies the start of the lines of text that occupy the bottom of the screen.
POSITION
specifies whether to display the text:
YES
specifies that the text is displayed.
NO
specifies that the text is not displayed.
END
specifies the end of the lines of text that occupy the bottom of the screen.
Considerations
A panel error occurs if #TRAILER panel control statements are present in a panel
that has no input or output fields.
The #TRAILER statements must appear before the first panel line in the panel
description file.
The field attribute characters that you use in the trailer lines can be defined before
or after the trailer lines in the panel.
If START and END are omitted, the first #TRAILER statement defaults to START,
and the second #TRAILER statement defaults to END.
The maximum number of trailer lines that you can specify is equal to the number
of rows on the screen.
The trailer lines cover any panel lines that would otherwise appear at the bottom
of the screen.
If the screen is split horizontally, the trailer lines might not be displayed.