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- BE BOX
-
-
- Description: Displays a box outline on the screen and does not overlay any
- data inside the box.
-
- Syntax: Version 4.5: BE BOX (top-row)[,] (left-col)[,]
- (bottom-row)[,] (right-col) [DOUBLE | SINGLE]
- [[BLINKING] [BRIGHT | BOLD] [(line-color)]
- [[ON] (back-color)]]
-
- Parameters:
-
- (top-row) The row on the screen where you want to display the top line
- of the box. The number of the first row is 0.
-
- (left-col) The column on the screen where you want to display the left
- line of the box. The number of the first column is 0.
-
- (bottom-row) The row on the screen where you want to display the bottom
- edge of the box. The last row on most standard (25-line)
- screens is 24, but some adapters can display more rows. The
- (bottom-row) value must be greater than the (top-row) value.
-
- (right-col) The column on the screen where you want to display the right
- edge of the box. The last column number is 79. The (right-col)
- value must be greater than the (left-col) value.
-
- DOUBLE | SINGLE Specifies either a double-line box or a single-line box.
- The default value is DOUBLE.
-
- BLINKING Causes the box to blink on and off. On some monitors this
- keyword works only if you specify (back-color).
-
- BRIGHT | BOLD Displays the box lines in high intensity.
-
- (line-color) The color of the box lines. The default is the current
- foreground color setting for the screen. After BE BOX
- executes, any characters you display within the box border
- using other BE commands, such as BE ASK <NUBEASK> or BE ROWCOL
- <NUBEROWC>, appear in (line-color). If you use a DOS command
- such as ECHO or TYPE to display characters, the characters
- appear on the screen in the original foreground and background
- colors.
-
- (back-color) The color of the background frame for the box lines. If you do
- not provide (line-color), you *MUST* include the ON keyword.
- The default is the current background setting for the screen.
- After BE BOX executes, any characters you display within the
- box border using other BE commands, such as BE ASK or BE
- ROWCOL, appear on a background of (back-color). If you use an
- DOS command such as ECHO or TYPE to display characters, those
- characters appear in the original foreground and background
- colors.
-
- Example: To display a box that is large enough to contain a 10 column
- by 5 row area of data in the upper left corner of the screen
- and that appears as blinking, green double lines on a black
- border, enter:
-
- BE BOX 0, 0, 6, 11 DOUBLE BLINKING GREEN ON BLACK
-
- See: <NUBESA>, <NUBEWIND>, <NUNCC>, <NUCOLOR>.
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