Using the Plot Feature › Using the Plot Feature with REXX › PLOT DEFINE GRAPH Command Options › AXIS Option › BACKGROUND Option

BACKGROUND Option

This option sets the background fill color for areas of the screen. The PLOTAREA is the rectangle defined by the axes of the graph. The LABELAREA is the rest of the screen.

Use the following syntax for the BACKGROUND option:

BACKGROUND(LABELAREA|PLOTAREA,COLOR(BLUE|color))

For a list of colors from which you can choose, see the LABEL Option in this table. Using BLACK as the background color allows the greatest number of usable foreground colors.

Default: COLOR(BLUE)

Example:

The following command sets the background fill color of both the plot and label areas to black:

"PLOT SPLPLOT DEFINE GRAPH",
  "BACKGROUND(PLOTAREA,COLOR(BLACK))",
  "BACKGROUND(LABELAREA,COLOR(BLACK))"

The following command sets the background fill color of both the plot and label areas to black:

"PLOT SPLPLOT DEFINE GRAPH",
  "BACKGROUND(PLOTAREA,COLOR(BLACK))",
  "BACKGROUND(LABELAREA,COLOR(BLACK))"