Pathway/iTS TCP and Terminal Programming Guide

Programming for Specific Terminals
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Using Extended Field Attributes
Using Outline Display Attributes
Pathway/iTS supports the following outline display attributes on terminals in the IBM
3270 family:
TOPLINE
NOTOPLINE
LEFTLINE
NOLEFTLINE
RIGHTLINE
NORIGHTLINE
BOTTOMLINE
NOBOTTOMLINE
BOXFIELD
If the terminal does not support TOPLINE, BOTTOMLINE, RIGHTLINE, or
LEFTLINE, the TCP marks the device as unable to do outlining.
Using Other Extended Attributes
Pathway/iTS supports the following additional extended display attribute on terminals in
the IBM 3270 family:
BELL
Combining Extended Field Attributes
Pathway/iTS and the terminals in the IBM 3270 family support certain combinations of
color, highlight, and outline display attributes. You must observe the following
restrictions when combining color, highlight, and outline display attributes in a
mnemonic name declared in the SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph:
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You must not combine extended field attributes that Pathway/iTS supports with
those that Pathway/iTS does not support. Pathway/iTS does not support the
following extended field attribute on terminals in the IBM 3270 family:
DIM
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You can combine any of the following highlight display attributes with one another:
BRIGHT
HIDDEN
MDTON
NUMERIC-SHIFT
PROTECTED
Note. BOXFIELD is equivalent to the combination of TOPLINE, LEFTLINE, RIGHTLINE, and
BOTTOMLINE.