Re: DSPATR(BL)

[Simon Coulter <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 29/07/2004, at 8:38 PM, Venkateshwar V wrote:

> I need a field on a display file to BLINK and display in RED COLOR. I 
> have coded the keyword DSPATR(BL). But still it is not working. Can 
> somebody tell me if someother attribute needs to be coded for BLINK to 
> work.

DSPATR(BL) blinks only on monochrome terminals. On colour terminals 
DSPATR(BL) is equivalent to COLOR(RED). You need to specify Highlight 
and Blink to make blink work on colour terminals.

COLOR(RED) DSPATR(BL HI)

PC5250 used to ignore blink but I see recent versions handle it. PC5250 
5.5 seems to handle DSPATR(BL) on its own and doesn't require HI. 
Perhaps you have an earlier emulator?

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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