DISPLAY FORM
Displays and associates a form with the current window.
Syntax
DISPLAY FORM identifier
[ ATTRIBUTES ( display-attributes ) ]- identifier is the name of the form.
- window-attributes defines the display attributes of the form.
where display-attribute is:
{ BLACK | BLUE | CYAN | GREEN
| MAGENTA | RED | WHITE | YELLOW
| BOLD | DIM | INVISIBLE | NORMAL
| REVERSE | BLINK | UNDERLINE
}Usage
The DISPLAY FORM instruction creates a form element in the current window,
from a form resource loaded by the OPEN
FORM instruction.
The INVISIBLE display attribute is ignored.
The runtime system applies display attributes that you specify in the ATTRIBUTES
clause, to any fields that have not been assigned attributes by the ATTRIBUTES section of
the form specification file, or by the database schema files, or by the OPTIONS runtime configuration statement.
If the form is displayed in a window, color attributes from the DISPLAY FORM
statement supersede any from the OPEN WINDOWOPEN
WINDOW statement. If however subsequent CONSTRUCT, DISPLAY,
or DISPLAY ARRAY statements that
include an ATTRIBUTES clause reference the form, their attributes take precedence
over those specified in the DISPLAY FORM instruction.
In GUI mode, form elements can also be decorated with presentation styles. Pay attention to the specific rules that apply when combining TTY attributes and presentation styles.
DISPLAY FORM.