Text Entry: _setColorName

Text Entry: _setColorName

Assigns the text entry field color and/or display attribute specified by name

Syntax
Examples

Syntax

CALL NOTIFY (text-field-name, '_setColorName', color, <attribute<, start-column, length>>);

Argument Type Description

color
C assigns the name of a color.

attribute
C assigns the name of a display attribute.

start-column
N specifies the column number where the changes start

length
N specifies the number of columns to be affected by the changes

Argument	Type	Description
color	C	assigns the name of a color.
attribute	C	assigns the name of a display attribute.
start-column	N	specifies the column number where the changes start
length	N	specifies the number of columns to be affected by the changes

Examples

This example displays blue text in the field TEXT1:

 call notify ('text1','_set_color_name_',
              'blue');

This example displays reverse video text in the field TEXT1. Because this statement specifies only the display attribute, a null value serves as a placeholder for the color argument, and the color remains the same.
```
 call notify ('text1','_set_color_name_','
              ','reverse');
```
This example colors five characters green in the field TEXT1, beginning at column 4. Because this statement does not specify a display attribute, a null value is used for the display attribute argument, and the attribute remains the same.
```
 call notify ('text1','_set_color_name_',
              'green','',4,5);
```
This example changes the style of four characters in the text to red, reverse video, starting at column 1:
```
 call notify ('text1','_set_color_name_',
              'red','reverse',1,4);
```

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