iTS 1.0+)

Data Division

Compaq NonStop™ Pathway/iTS SCREEN COBOL Reference Manual—426750-001

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Overlay Screen

AREA AT line, col

specifies the position of the upper left-hand corner of the area relative to the

boundaries of the screen.

SIZE lines, cols

determines the number of lines and columns included in the area. The entire area

must lie within the boundaries of the base screen, and no fields can overlap the area.

For T16-6510 terminals, the cols value must be the same as the number of

columns declared for the base screen.

Overlay Screen

An overlay screen is a screen that is displayed in an overlay area of a base screen.

screen-name

is the name given to the overlay screen.

SIZE lines, cols

indicates the size of the overlay screen. The size can be no larger than the size of

the overlay area into which it is to be placed. For 6510 terminals, the width must be

exactly the same as the base screen.

field-characteristic-clause

is a clause that defines default characteristics for all fields subordinate to the screen

unless explicitly overridden for a particular group or field. The clauses that can

appear here are:

FILL

mnemonic-name

UPSHIFT

USER CONVERSION

WHEN ABSENT

WHEN BLANK

WHEN FULL

01 screen-name OVERLAY SIZE lines, cols

[ field-characteristic-clause ] ...