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Defining Color

Toolkit panel designs display in full color. Any color assignments you make within CA 2E are automatically converted to the Toolkit. This is the recommended method for assigning color to Toolkit panel designs.

Note: Constants separated by a single space are treated as the same constant, and as a result, constants share the color assignment given to the leftmost constant.

Alternatively, you can assign colors as you edit your panel design within the Toolkit. To do so, position the cursor on the blank before the field to which you want to assign a color and press F16. The following window listing available colors and attributes displays:

                                                                              
               m Blue          r Highlight                                    
               m Green         r Reverse Image                                
               m Pink          r Underline                                    
               m Red           r Blink                                        
               m Turquoise     r Column Separator                             
               m White         r nondisplay                                   
               m Yellow                                                       
                                                                              
               F3=Exit  F12=Titles screen                                     

On some terminals this window will appear as shown in the following example:

                                                                              
               1. Blue            Highlight                                   
               2. Green           Reverse Image                               
               3. Pink            Underline                                   
               4. Red             Blink                                       
               5. Turquoise       Column Separator                            
               6. White           nondisplay                                  
               7. Yellow                                                      
                                                                              
               F3=Exit  F12=Titles screen                                     

Note: The mono display attributes display with an input field instead of a check box to the left of the attribute. You select attributes by entering a / in the corresponding input field. The slash is the default selection character; it is contained in the IBM i message, CPX5A0C, in the QCPFMSG file in the QSYS library.

Not all attributes are available for each color. The following table lists the valid combinations supported by DDS, where: CS means Cursor Select, BL means Blink, UL means Underline, HI means Highlight, RI means Reverse Image, and ND means Non-Display.

X1 indicates that the green highlight is white.

Note: Highlight is only allowed for green, blink is only allowed for red, and column separators are required for turquoise and yellow.