Fields specified on panel definitions use special symbols to provide the field attributes. The ATTR parameter, which is applicable to the SYSTEM control statement (see SYSTEM statement), may be used to override the IBM Session Manager-supplied values, giving alternative values to apply globally throughout the panel definitions, although these in turn may be overridden for individual panels.
ATTR attr-char OFF|field-attribute-parameters
IBM Session Manager itself supplies default attribute definitions for specific characters. These are:
Note: In this document, the 0x7C (that is, x'7C') character is always presented as the @ sign. It may be displayed as a different character in some non-English code pages. You should enter the appropriate 0x7C character symbol for the code page you are using.
The specified ATTR value, which should be enclosed in quotes, overrides the IBM Session Manager-supplied values. For example:
OFF may be used to clear the setting for a character, if the character itself is to be displayed within text on a panel.
Synonyms may be used. Valid synonyms are:
For further details of these attributes, refer to the Panels, Scripts and Variables manual.
When ATTR is omitted for a field, the default attributes are:
PROTected
ALPHanumeric
NODETect
NORMal
SKIP
LITeral
Default color - usually green