Banner line descriptors

Your application can display a different banner on the banner line. The banner descriptor must be included in the set of banner line descriptors.

bancol

The bancol descriptor defines the position of the banner in the banner line. If not defined, this descriptor defaults to center. It accepts the following values of type position:

center

centers the value of banner in the banner line

integer

the banner will begin in the column specified by integer

banner

The banner descriptor defines information that will appear in the banner line on the user's screen while your FMLI application is running. If not defined, it defaults to NULL.

working

The working descriptor defines a string used to notify users that they must wait until FMLI completes an activity. It always appears flush-right on the banner line. If this descriptor is not defined, it defaults to the string Working.

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NOTE: Taking care that other items on the banner do not run into this area is the responsibility of the developer.

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Example definitions of a banner line

The following lines in an initialization file will give you a banner with the program name, the date, and the time the FMLI application was started on the banner line (top line of the screen), starting in the 30th column:

   banner="MYPROGRAM - `date`"
   bancol=30

The working icon appears right-justified on the banner line. You can change the working icon, to BUSY for example, by defining the working descriptor in your initialization file as follows:

   working="BUSY"