Additional Color Screen Edits

If you are working in the Report Viewing screen, press PF04/PF16 to return to the Exclude Lines Based on Strings screen.

1. Press the END key (PF03/PF15) to display the Report Editing screen, in order to return to the Color Lines Based on Strings screen and perform more edits.
2. Choose Option 4 and press Enter to display the Color Lines Based on Strings screen.

   Figure 96 Color Lines Based on Strings Screen

   ------------------  CONTROL-D - COLOR LINES BASED ON STRINGS  ----------(U.E.4)

   COMMAND ===>                                                  Apply on header  N

      

   ON STR                                             COL     -     LINE     -

       COLOR   HILITE    ON: STRING    or  LINE    or  COL     -     LINE     -

   ON STR                                             COL     -     LINE     -

       COLOR   HILITE    ON: STRING    or  LINE    or  COL     -     LINE     -

   ON STR                                             COL     -     LINE     -

       COLOR   HILITE    ON: STRING    or  LINE    or  COL     -     LINE     -

   ON STR                                             COL     -     LINE     -

       COLOR   HILITE    ON: STRING    or  LINE    or  COL     -     LINE     -

   ON STR                                             COL     -     LINE     -

       COLOR   HILITE    ON: STRING    or  LINE    or  COL     -     LINE     -

   ON STR                                             COL     -     LINE     -

       COLOR   HILITE    ON: STRING    or  LINE    or  COL     -     LINE     -

   ON STR                                             COL     -     LINE     -

       COLOR   HILITE    ON: STRING    or  LINE    or  COL     -     LINE     -

   ON STR                                             COL     -     LINE     -

       COLOR   HILITE    ON: STRING    or  LINE    or  COL     -     LINE     -

   ON STR                                             COL     -     LINE     -

       COLOR   HILITE    ON: STRING    or  LINE    or  COL     -     LINE     -

   ON STR                                             COL     -     LINE     -

       COLOR   HILITE    ON: STRING    or  LINE    or  COL     -     LINE     -

   PLEASE FILL IN THE  SELECTION STRINGS                                   16.52.18

   In Basic Report Viewing and Editing (Using Rulers), you learned that the Color Lines Based on Strings screen gives you the option of applying colors and highlights to the specified string, to the entire line, or to a "block" (a specified column and line range).

   This exercise shows you how to apply the following color characteristics:

   • For all records whose Quantity Available is 15 or less, color the entire line red.
   • Color all other lines yellow.
   • If SHELF LIFE is one month, color the field green.
   • If SHELF LIFE is over one month, color the field blue.

   When multiple ON STR criteria apply to a record, colors are applied in the order the definitions appear on the screen (that is, later color characteristics override earlier ones). Therefore, the order in which ON STR criteria are specified is significant.

3. Fill in the Color Lines Based on Strings screen as illustrated in the following figure:

   Figure 97 Completing the Color Lines Based on Strings Screen

   ------------------  CONTROL-D - COLOR LINES BASED ON STRINGS  ----------(U.E.4)

   COMMAND ===>                                                  Apply on header N

      

   ON STR .GE.0                                       COL 002 - 002 LINE     -

       COLOR Y HILITE    ON: STRING    or  LINE Y  or  COL     -     LINE     -

   ON STR .LE. 15                                     COL 053 - 055 LINE     -

       COLOR R HILITE    ON: STRING    or  LINE Y  or  COL     -     LINE     -

   ON STR .NE.N                                       COL 037 - 037 LINE     -

       COLOR B HILITE    ON: STRING    or  LINE    or  COL 037 - 041 LINE     -

   ON STR 1                                           COL 037 - 037 LINE     -

       COLOR G HILITE    ON: STRING    or  LINE    or  COL 037 - 041 LINE     -

   ON STR                                             COL     -     LINE     -

These settings produce the following colors:

• First, all lines are colored yellow. Since every item has a numeric ITEM NO., yellow is requested by searching for any numeric digit in column 2 – the first ITEM NO. column.
• Next, the color of a line is changed to red where appropriate. Note: An embedded space in .LE. 15 ensures that the line is not colored red for values of 100 or more (for example, 115).
• Next, all SHELF LIFE fields with a value other than N in Col. 37 are colored blue.
• Finally, SHELF LIFE fields with a value of 1 month (1 in Col. 37 and blank in Col. 38) are colored green.