Overview

The enhanced ACCEPT/DISPLAY syntax (Adis) is a run-time support module which is provided for Screen Section and enhanced ACCEPT/DISPLAY syntax.

Note: Micro Focus recommends that the enhanced ACCEPT/DISPLAY syntax (Adis) is only used with existing applications and should not be used for new applications.

Adis can be configured to an application's requirements using its configuration utility Adiscf. Alternatively, calls can be made from the COBOL application to Adis to configure it at run time; for example, to enable function keys.

The enhanced ACCEPT/DISPLAY syntax provides functionality beyond the standard ANSI ACCEPT syntax.

The following table represents those features of Adis over and above those of the standard ANSI ACCEPT and DISPLAY syntax:

Syntax type	Features
ANSI ACCEPT	Input data item Accept day, date, time into data item
ANSI DISPLAY	Output literals Output contents of data items
Adis	Specify screen position and screen attributes Accept and display data from and into: Elementary data items in individual fields Group items in multiple fields screen For multiple-field ACCEPT operations, FILLER describes the number of character positions to skip over to the next field. In a DISPLAY operation, FILLER defines the number of spaces between literals. All areas defined as FILLER are unaffected by the ACCEPT or DISPLAY operation. Screen Section items Configure keyboard keys

You can also set up the keys on the keyboard so that you can use them during the execution of an ACCEPT statement.

Distinguishing between the types of Adis keys
Using the Adis function keys
Mapping the Adis keys to the functions

Adis consists of the following modules:

Module	Description
adis	The main support module
adisinit	The initialization module, used only when the enhanced ACCEPT/DISPLAY syntax is first loaded
adiskey	The keyboard-handling module
adisdyna	The enhanced ACCEPT/DISPLAY syntax dynamic attributes module.

They interact as shown in the diagram below.