Text and Attributes for a Panel

Panels associates one attribute-encoding byte with each text character. When a panel is displayed on the screen, each text character is displayed with attributes encoded in the corresponding attribute-encoding byte.

There are three types of encoding:

• Standard PC monochrome attribute encoding. This is the default encoding for Panels for systems with a monochrome display.
• Standard PC color attribute encoding. This is the default encoding for Panels for systems with a color display.
• User selected or generic attribute encoding for all types of display.

You can determine the type of encoding used by Panels by calling a suitable run-time system library routine. See Display Attribute Routines.

ACCEPT and DISPLAY statements use Adis to support terminal I/O and when used with Panels, Adis and Panels must use the same attribute encoding. This is automatically provided.