Microsoft KB Archive/67451

COBOL 4.0 SCREENS.EXE Utility Makes Most Screen Descriptions

PSS ID Number: Q67451 Article last modified on 04-20-1993

4.00 MS-DOS

Summary: The Microsoft COBOL version 4.0 Screens utility (SCREENS.EXE) allows you to specify all screen description entries except GRID, LEFTLINE, OVERLINE, UNDERLINE, REVERSE-VIDEO, CONTROL, and SIGN. Screens painted with the Screens utility specify the following description entries: AUTO LINE BACK-GROUND COLOR NOECHO BELL OCCURS BLANK PIC BLANK WHEN ZERO PROMPT BLINK REQUIRED COLUMN SIZE FORE-GROUND COLOR TO FROM USING FULL VALUE HIGHLIGHT ZERO-FILL JUSTIFIED For more information about the Screens utility, see Chapter 28 in the “Microsoft COBOL 4.0: Operating Guide.” For more information about screen description entries, see pages 15-10 to 15-47 in the “Microsoft COBOL 4.0: Language Reference Manual.”

Additional reference words: 4.00 Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.