Technical Notes
Priority of Colors
If lines as well as columns of a table are marked in color, conflicts between colors occur on the screen because color attributes cannot be combined and only one color can be displayed. The following rules determine the priority of colors in case of conflicts.
Highlightes Columns and Lines
If lines and one column are highlighted at the same time, the color of the column, usually COL_KEY INTENSIFIED OFF, has priority over the color of the lines COL_NORMAL. Therefore, the column is highlighted.
Totals and Subtotals
If lines which contain totals or subtotals are highlighted by COL_TOTAL (INTENSIFIED/INTENSIFIED OFF), this highlighting has priority over a highlighting by COL_KEY INTENSIFIED (key column) or COL_KEY INTENSIFIED OFF (highlighted data column). Therefore, totals lines are highlighted.
Highlighted Cells
The colors COL_POSITIVE INTENSIFIED and COL_NEGATIVE INTENSIFIED for highlighting cells have priority over other colors. The same applies if the colors COL_TOTAL, COL_KEY, COL_POSITIVE, COL_NEGATIVE or COL_GROUP (in each case INTENSIFIED OFF) are used for highlighting cells.
Programming Lines
Horizontal Lines
Vertical Lines
Programming Colors
Use
Colors are defined with the FORMAT command and can be used as an additional specification in the WRITE statement.
Color Name
The numbers 1-7 (for example, COLOR 3) and the symbolic names are allowed as color names (see above).
Attributes
In addition, the attributes INTENSIFIED (default) and INTENSIFIED OFF can be specified.
Please refer to the online help for FORMAT and WRITE.