Pathmaker Reference Manual

Screen Painter
Pathmaker Screens
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For example, the pseudofield @DATE displays the current date on an application
screen.
A pseudofield becomes part of the requester context when you use it in your
requester, either by adding the pseudofield to the application screen in the Screen
Painter or by sending the pseudofield to a service.
Send a pseudofield to a service by including it on the IPC list for the service.
However, you cannot return a pseudofield from the service to the requester.
Pathmaker declares a Working Storage structure for every pseudofield in the requester
context.
The Pathmaker pseudofields used in the Screen Painter are:
@ADVISORY Displays an informational message from the application.
@CURRENT-PAGE Displays the page number in the screen for the current
requester.
@CURSOR-FIELD Sends information at the cursor field location to a service.
@CURSOR-POSITION Sends information at the cursor position to a service.
@DATE Displays the current date, according to the system clock.
@LOGICAL-TERMINAL Displays the logical terminal name.
@PAGE-COUNT Displays the number of pages for the requester screen.
@PHYSICAL-TERMINAL Sends physical terminal information to a service.
@TIME Displays the current time, according to the system clock.
Video Attributes
To change video attributes for any screen element, place the cursor on a data field or
pseudofield and press F7 to access the Video Attributes Partial screen.
The video attributes available are:
Bright Enter Y if you want the intensity of the display bright. Enter N if you
want the intensity dim. N is the default value.
Reversed Enter Y if you want the screen element to be displayed in reverse video
(dark letters on a light background). Enter N if you want the screen
element to be displayed normally (light letters on a dark background). N
is the default value.
Underlined Enter Y if you want the screen element to be underlined. Enter N if you
do not want the screen element to be underlined. Y is the default value.
Blinking Enter Y if you want the data in the screen element to blink. Enter N if
you do not want the data in the screen element to blink. N is the default
value.
Hidden Enter Y if you want the screen element to be hidden. A hidden screen
element is not displayed on the application screen. Enter N if you want
the screen element to be displayed. N is the default value.