Micro Focus Visual COBOL 2.3 Update 2 for Eclipse (Windows) > General Reference > Terminfo Database and Terminal Devices > Terminal Devices > Optional Entries > Color

Color

Only the Tektronix color manipulation method can be used; for example, ANSI color terminals use the Tektronix method. The following entries are required:

Entry	Mnemonic
No color video	ncv
Number of colors	colors
Set foreground	setf
Set background	setb
Original colors	oc
Original pairs	op

Only one of oc or op needs to be specified, but it must reset to the default colors.

Check that these entries are included in your terminfo database by running the mfinfocmp utility. See Terminfo Lister (mfinfocmp) for details.

Should you require, you can add entries to your terminfo database by running the operating system utility tic See your operating system manuals for details of how to do this. Alternatively, you can create a new set of COBOL-specific terminal details in a COBOL-specific terminfo database using the mftic utility. See Terminfo Compiler (mftic) for details.

Notes:

If you use an attribute that is defined in your terminfo, but your terminal does not recognize it, the attribute is not displayed and no error message is given.
Any attributes in ACCEPT or DISPLAY statements are automatically disabled by the run-time system if your terminal uses character positions to store attributes. This is the case for terminals that support the magic cookie glitch; that is, terminals that have "xmc" defined in their terminfo file.