PMENU Procedure

TEXT Statement

Specifies text and the input fields for a dialog box.

Restriction:	Can be used only after a DIALOG statement.
Example:	Collecting User Input in a Dialog Box

Syntax

Required Arguments

Optional Arguments

Syntax

TEXT #line @column

field-description <ATTR=attribute> <COLOR=color>;

Required Arguments

column: specifies the starting column for the text or input field.

field-description

defines how the TEXT statement is used. The field-description can be one of the following:

LEN=field-length: is the length of an input field in which the user can enter information. If the LEN= argument is used, then the information entered in the field is inserted into the command string of the previous DIALOG statement at field locations that are prefixed by an at sign (@).

See:Collecting User Input in a Dialog Box

'text': is the text string that appears inside the dialog box at the location defined by line and column.

line: specifies the line number for the text or input field.

Optional Arguments

ATTR=attribute

defines the attribute for the text or input field. These are valid attribute values:

BLINK
HIGHLIGH
REV_VIDE
UNDERLIN

Restrictions:This option is not available in all operating environments. If you include this option and it is not available in your operating environment, then the option is ignored.

Your hardware might not support all of these attributes.

COLOR=color

defines the color for the text or input field characters. Here are the color values that you can use:

BLACK	BROWN
GRAY	MAGENTA
PINK	WHITE
BLUE	CYAN
GREEN	ORANGE
RED	YELLOW

Restrictions:This option is not available in all operating environments. If you include this option and it is not available in your operating environment, then the option is ignored.

Your hardware might not support all of these colors.