Window and Display Features: Window Options

Window Options

Window options control the attributes of the window. The following options are valid in the WINDOW statement:

CMNDLINE=name: names a character variable in which the command line entered by the user is stored.
COLOR=operand: specifies the background color for the window. The operand can be either a quoted character literal or the name of a character variable that contains the color. The valid values are BLACK, GREEN, MAGENTA, RED, CYAN, GRAY, and BLUE. The default is BLACK.
COLUMNS=operand: specifies the starting number of columns of the window. The operand can be either a literal number, a variable name, or an expression in parentheses. The default is 78.
ICOLUMN=operand: specifies the initial column position of the window on the display screen. The operand can be either a literal number or a variable name. The default is column 1.
IROW=operand: specifies the initial row position of the window on the display screen. The operand can be either a literal number or a variable name. The default is row 1.
MSGLINE=operand: specifies the message to be displayed on the standard message line when the window is made active. The operand is a quoted character literal or the name of a character variable that contains the message.
ROWS=operand: determines the starting number of rows of the window. The operand is either a literal number, the name of a variable that contains the number, or an expression in parentheses yielding the number. The default is 23 rows.