The DISPLAY statement provides for low-volume output from the program. The formats of the DISPLAY statement include:
This format displays an individual field.
This format displays a Screen Section item defining one or more fields.
This format creates and displays a subwindow.
This format shifts the display between 80 and 132 column mode.
This format draws a horizontal or vertical line on the screen.
This format draws a box on the screen.
Format 7: DISPLAY UPON WINDOW TITLE
This format modifies a subwindow's title.
Format 8: DISPLAY UPON COMMAND-LINE
This format changes the contents of the command line buffer.
Format 9: DISPLAY src-item (ANSI style)
This format sends data directly to the user's screen without using the ACUCOBOL-GT window manager.
Format 10: DISPLAY UPON GLOBAL WINDOW TITLE
This format changes the title of the application window in a graphical user interface, or the title of a floating window.
Format 11: DISPLAY FLOATING WINDOW
This format creates and displays a floating window.
Format 12: DISPLAY INITIAL WINDOW
This format creates and displays the main application window and independent windows.
This format adds a tool-bar to the current window.
Format 14, DISPLAY Control-Type-Name
This format creates controls.
Format 15, DISPLAY MESSAGE BOX
This format creates a simple message box.
Format 16, DISPLAY external-form-item
This format merges data into an HTML template file and sends the result to standard output.
Note: Different formats of the DISPLAY statement may be mixed together in one DISPLAY statement, as long as no ambiguity results. The effect is the same as specifying each DISPLAY statement separately.