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#TRAILER Statement

This statement provides a means of placing specified lines at the end of the screen, regardless of screen size.

The #TRAILER statement can be used to position function key prompts at the bottom of the screen.

Indicate the start of the trailer lines with a #TRAILER START statement. Then enter the lines to appear at the bottom of the screen, followed by a #TRAILER END statement.

This statement has the following format:

#TRAILER [ START | END ]
         [ POSITION={ YES | NO } ]

START

Indicates the start of the lines to be placed in the trailer. Each line following this line until a #TRAILER END statement or another control statement such as #FLD is placed in the trailer.

END

Indicates that this is the end of the lines to be placed into the trailer. There must have been a #TRAILER START statement earlier in the panel definition. No other operands can be specified on a #TRAILER END statement.

POSITION={ YES | NO }

Specifies if the trailer lines are to be displayed. The values available are as follows:

YES

The trailer lines are displayed on the final lines of the physical screen.

NO

This value can be used to suppress the display of the trailer lines, even though they remain in the panel definition.

Examples:

#TRAILER START
%This appears on the last line of the panel
#TRAILER END

Notes:

• The #TRAILER statements must appear before the first panel line in the definition. If you want to preparse the lines, you must place the #TRAILER statements after the #OPT PREPARSE= statement.
• The field attribute characters that you use in the trailer lines can be defined before or after the trailer lines in the panel.
• The trailer lines cover any panel lines that would otherwise have been displayed.
• The trailer lines are positioned so that they end at the bottom of the physical screen if the window starts at the top of the screen.