Change the Eventsingle DECwindows Settings

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Change the Eventsingle DECwindows Settings

You can change the DECwindows settings for Eventsingle as follows:

Modify DECW$XDEFAULTS.DAT in your DECW$USER_DEFAULTS directory (the default location for this is SYS$LOGIN) on the system where you want the window to appear. This is the userdata parameter in the dispatch entry.

The following table describes the DECwindows resources, default values and value ranges for you to customize the Eventsingle routine. For example, the entry for the Eventlist Background might be:

Console EventSingle.Background: Magenta

Note: DECwindows resources are case-sensitive, and there is a space character between “Console” and “EventSingle.”

DECwindows Resource	Default Value	Value Range
Console EventSingle.Foreground	White	Any valid DECwindows color
Console EventSingle.Background	Black	Any valid DECwindows color
Console EventSingle.PriorityCritical	Red	Any valid DECwindows color
Console EventSingle.PriorityMajor	Magenta	Any valid DECwindows color
Console EventSingle.PriorityMinor	Orange	Any valid DECwindows color
Console EventSingle.PriorityWarning	Yellow	Any valid DECwindows color
Console EventSingle.PriorityClear	Green	Any valid DECwindows color
Console EventSingle.PriorityIndeterminate	Light blue	Any valid DECwindows color
Console EventSingle.X	Center	”Center” or any valid screen pixel value
Console EventSingle.Y	Center	”Center” or any valid screen pixel value
Console EventSingle.Width	800	Any valid screen pixel value
Console EventSingle.Height	200	Any valid screen pixel value
Console EventSingle.DisplayNode	True	True or false
Console EventSingle.DisplayPriority	True	True or false
Console EventSingle.DisplayName	True	True or false
Console EventSingle.Font	Fixed	Any font valid for your server
Console EventSingle.DisplayText	True	True or false
Console EventSingle.Bell	26	Any value in the range 0 to 100

You must log out of your current session on the system where you want the window to appear and then log back in to activate your new DECwindows window settings.