.BOX

Draw a box

WSupported on Windows

USupported on Unix

VSupported on OpenVMS

NSupported in Synergy .NET

.BOX name, height, width[, POSITION(row, column)][, rendition, ...]

Arguments

name

The name of the box (a maximum of 30 characters).

height

The height of the box (number of rows).

width

The width of the box (number of columns).

POSITION (row, column)

(optional) The position specification for the box, indicating the row and column at which the upper-left corner of the box is positioned. If not specified, the position of the box defaults to the current screen position.

rendition

(optional) One or more of the following display renditions:

BLINK | ITALIC

Blinking (on Unix and OpenVMS) or italic (on Windows).

NOBLINK | NOITALIC

Not blinking (on Unix and OpenVMS) or not italic (on Windows). (default)

BOLD

Highlighted (or boldfaced).

NOBOLD

Not highlighted (or boldfaced). (default)

COLOR(palette#)

Assign specified palette#, where palette# is a palette number in
the range 1 to 16.

HIGHLIGHT

Highlighted (or boldfaced).

NOHIGHLIGHT

Not highlighted (or boldfaced). (default)

REVERSE

Reverse video.

NOREVERSE

Normal video. (default)

UNDERLINE

Underlined.

NOUNDERLINE

Not underlined. (default)

Discussion

The .BOX command draws a box in a general or input window.

Examples

This example draws a box with a height of 4 rows, width of 10 columns, at row 3 and column 3 of a window in reverse video.

.box box1, 4, 10, pos(3, 3), reverse