DISPLAY Command

DISPLAY — Display the contents of a data reference in a linked screen widget or (re)sets the color.

Synopsis

DISPLAY { widget_ref | ALL }

DISPLAY widget_ref { BASECOLOR | BGCOLOR | FGCOLOR | TEXTCOLOR } color_ref [ STATE { Normal | Active | Prelight | Selected | Insensitive } ]

DISPLAY widget_ref RESETCOLOR

Introduction

The DISPLAY command displays the contents of a data reference in a linked screen widget on the active screen or sets the color. When setting the color and no STATE is defined, the default STATE "Normal" will be used.

Arguments

`widget_ref`	An existing widget name on the active screen.
`BASECOLOR`	Sets the base (brush) color of the widget.
`FGCOLOR`	Sets the forground color of the widget.
`BGCOLOR`	Sets the background color of the widget.
`TEXTCOLOR`	Sets the text color of the widget.
`RESETCOLOR`	Resets the widget to the theme defaults.
`color_ref`	name for a color from rgb.txt (as distributed with the X Windows System), such as DarkSlateGray, or a hex specification such as #FFFF00 which represents the color yellow for instance.
`STATE Normal`	Set color for state during normal operation.
`STATE Active`	Set color for state of a currently active widget, such as a depressed button.
`STATE Prelight`	Set color for state indicating that the mouse pointer is over the widget and the widget will respond to mouse clicks.
`STATE Selected`	Set color for state of a selected item, such the selected row in a list.
`STATE Insensitive`	Set color for state indicating that the widget is unresponsive to user actions.

Example

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DISPLAY ord_total
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DISPLAY ord_total BASECOLOR "red" STATE Normal
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DISPLAY ord_total RESETCOLOR
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Related Commands

None.

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