Category : Alternate Operating Systems - Quarterdeck DesqView, CP/M, etc
Archive   : DVSEARCH.ZIP
Filename : F3.DAT

Special Screen Formatting Codes

If you have formatted the target search file so that the program
can be used as a telephone directory or other database, you may
include in the file one header line which will be placed on the
top line of the window whenever a search is done. To include a
header line, preface the line with an ASCII decimal 01 character.

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Special Screen Formatting Codes

If found as the top line of the target file, this header line will
not be displayed as part of the file, but will instead be used on
the top line of the window, where it normally says the name of
the program. See the sample FONES.DAT file included with this
program for an example of a header line.

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Special Screen Formatting Codes

In addition, three additional codes can be placed at the beginning
of lines in the target file to change the color of the line when
it is displayed during a search. ASCII decimal 02 will cause the
line to display in red, 03 white, and 04 yellow. These characters
are not displayed on the screen.

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Special Screen Formatting Codes

Only the main highlight, lines with ASCII decimal 01 at beginning,
are normally highlighted by the program, and lines starting with
03 and 04 are shown in blue. To make the program display the
enhanced highlights as well as the main highlight, start the program
with the /h highlight parameter.

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