Working in the SAS Windowing Environment

Using Special Character Attributes under OpenVMS

SAS enables you to set the color and highlight attributes of text in some windows. For example, in NOTEPAD or in your SAS/AF or SAS/FSP applications, you can turn on character underlining or reverse video to highlight a title. Character attributes are listed in the following table.

Selector Characters for Character Attributes
Selector Character		Function
0		Turns off all attributes.
1		Turns on bold.
2		Turns on underlining.
3		Turns on reverse video.
4		Turns on blinking.
A		Sets color to gray.
B		Sets color to blue.
C		Sets color to cyan.
G		Sets color to green.
K		Sets color to black.
M		Sets color to magenta.
N		Sets color to brown.
O		Sets color to orange.
P		Sets color to pink.
R		Sets color to red.
W		Sets color to white.
Y		Sets color to yellow.

Selecting an Attribute

To select an attribute, complete the following steps:

Press and hold the MODIFIER 1 key on your keyboard (usually labeled META, ALT, HYPHEN, or EXTEND CHAR).
Press the selector character (for example, 1).

Alternatively, you can use the COLOR command to combine several of these steps in one command. For more information about the COLOR command, see COLOR Command: OpenVMS.

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