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ACCEPT

Format 1

ACCEPT {dest-item}
       {OMITTED  }

Remaining phrases are optional.

AT screen-loc

{FROM} LINE NUMBER line-num
{AT  }

{FROM} {COLUMN  } NUMBER col-num
{AT  } {COL     }
       {POSITION}
       {POS     }

PROTECTED SIZE length

WITH NO ADVANCING

{ERASE} [TO END OF] {LINE  }   (VAX, ICOBOL)
{BLANK}             {SCREEN}

{ERASE} [EOS]                  (RM)
{BLANK} [EOL]

WITH [NO] {BELL}
          {BEEP}

{UNDERLINE }
{UNDERLINED}

WITH  {BLINKING}
      {BLINK   }

{HIGHLIGHT}
{HIGH     }
{BOLD     }
{LOWLIGHT }
{LOW      }
{STANDARD }

{REVERSE-VIDEO}
{REVERSE      }
{REVERSED     }

SAME

{COLOR } IS color-val
{COLOUR}

{FOREGROUND-COLOR } IS fg-color
{FOREGROUND-COLOUR}

{BACKGROUND-COLOR } IS bg-color
{BACKGROUND-COLOUR}

SCROLL [UP  ] [ BY scrl-num {LINE } ]
       [DOWN]               {LINES}

OUTPUT {JUSTIFIED}  {LEFT    }
       {JUST     }  {RIGHT   }
                    {CENTERED}

WITH {CONVERSION}
     {CONVERT   }

{WITH NO ECHO}
{NO-ECHO     }
{SECURE      }
{OFF         }

PROMPT [ CHARACTER IS prompt-lit ]

{DEFAULT [IS default]}
{UPDATE              }

ECHO

{AUTO         }
{AUTO-SKIP    }
{AUTOTERMINATE}
{TAB          }

{UPPER}
{LOWER}

CURSOR curs-offset

CONTROL cntrl-string

{REQUIRED   }
{EMPTY-CHECK}

{FULL        }
{LENGTH-CHECK}

{ZERO-FILL   }
{NUMERIC-FILL}

CONTROL KEY IN key-dest

BEFORE TIME timeout

ALLOWING MESSAGES FROM { THREAD thread-1 }
                       { LAST THREAD     }
                       { ANY THREAD      }

[ { ON EXCEPTION [key-dest] } {statement-1  } ]
  { ON ESCAPE    [key-dest] } {NEXT SENTENCE}
  { AT END                  }

[ NOT   { ON EXCEPTION } statement-2 ]
        { ON ESCAPE    }
        { AT END       }

[ END-ACCEPT ]

Format 2

ACCEPT screen-name

Remaining phrases are optional.

AT screen-loc

{FROM} LINE NUMBER line-num
{AT  }

{FROM} {COLUMN  } NUMBER col-num
{AT  } {COL     }
       {POSITION}
       {POS     }

BEFORE TIME timeout

ALLOWING MESSAGES FROM { THREAD thread-1 }
                       { LAST THREAD     }
                       { ANY THREAD      }


[ UNTIL condition-1 ]

[ ON {EXCEPTION} statement-1 ]
     {ESCAPE   }

[ NOT ON {EXCEPTION} statement-2 ]
         {ESCAPE   }

[ END-ACCEPT ]

Format 3

ACCEPT dest-item FROM {DATE                       }


{DAY }

{CENTURY-DATE }
{DATE YYYYMMDD }

{CENTURY-DAY }
{DAY YYYYDDD }

{TIME }

{DAY-OF-WEEK }

{TERMINAL-INFO }

{SYSTEM-INFO }

{INPUT STATUS }

{ESCAPE KEY }

{LINE NUMBER }

{COMMAND-LINE }

{STANDARD OBJECT object-name}

{THREAD HANDLE }

{WINDOW HANDLE }

Format 4 ACCEPT dest-item FROM SCREEN Remaining phrases are optional. AT screen-loc {FROM} LINE NUMBER line-num {AT } {FROM} {COLUMN } NUMBER col-num {AT } {COL } {POSITION} SIZE length Format 5 ACCEPT dest-item FROM {CONFIGURATION} env-name {ENVIRONMENT } [ ON EXCEPTION statement-1 ] [ NOT ON EXCEPTION statement-2 ] [ END-ACCEPT ] Format 6 ACCEPT dest-item [ FROM mnemonic-name ] Format 7 ACCEPT {control-handle} {CONTROL } Remaining phrases are optional. VALUE IN [ MULTIPLE ] value AT screen-loc AT LINE NUMBER line-num AT {COLUMN } NUMBER col-num {COL } {POSITION} {POS } AT CLINE NUMBER cline-num AT CCOL NUMBER ccol-num WITH {BELL} {BEEP} BEFORE TIME timeout CONTROL KEY IN key-dest ALLOWING MESSAGES FROM { THREAD thread-1 } { LAST THREAD } { ANY THREAD } [ ON {EXCEPTION} [key-dest] statement-1 ] {ESCAPE } [ NOT ON {EXCEPTION} statement-2 ] {ESCAPE } [ END-ACCEPT ] Format 8 ACCEPT external-form-item