Pathway/iTS SCREEN COBOL Reference Manual (G06.24+, H06.03+, Pathway/iTS 1.0+)

Environment Division
Compaq NonStop™ Pathway/iTS SCREEN COBOL Reference Manual—426750-001
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SPECIAL-NAMES Paragraph
CURRENCY [ SIGN ] IS literal-1
specifies a literal to be used instead of the dollar currency sign ($) and must be a
single character and cannot be any of the following:
•
Digits—0 through 9
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Characters—A B C D L P R S V X Z space
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Symbols—* + - , . ; ( ) " / =
DECIMAL-POINT IS COMMA
exchanges the function of comma and period in PICTURE character strings and
numeric literals in the remainder of the program.
The following example illustrates the SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph:
SPECIAL-NAMES.
ENTER-KEY IS F1,
EXIT-KEY IS F16,
INPUT-ATTR IS UNDERLINE,
SIGNAL-ATTR IS (REVERSE, NOUNDERLINE).
You must observe the following restrictions when combining display attributes in a
mnemonic name declared in the SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph:
•
You must not combine extended field attributes for 3270 terminals that Pathway
does support with those that Pathway does not support. Pathway does not support
DIM on 3270 terminals.
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You can combine any of the following display attributes with one another:
BRIGHT
HIDDEN
MDTON
NOLEFTLINE x [D]
RIGHTLINE x
NORIGHTLINE x [D]
BOTTOMLINE
(5)
x
NOBOTTOMLINE x [D]
BOXFIELD x
1. x in the cells above indicates that the system name is valid for the particular terminal type.
2. [D] refers to the default display attribute value for the particular terminal type.
3. The NEUTRAL system name actually causes the generation of white terminal characters.
4. Applies to any terminal specified as CONVERSATIONAL in the OBJECT-COMPUTER paragraph.
5. BOTTOMLINE and UNDERLINE are not the same.
Table 4-2. System Names for Display Attributes (page 2 of 2)
System Name 6510 6520 6530/6540 3270 CONVERSATIONAL
(4)