BOLD

BOLD is used to print an item with a higher density print attribute. Many printers achieve the bolded effect by the use of a multi-strike mechanism.

    ••••• BOLD     ••• •••••••••••••••••••••• ••• (AT APPEARANCE # •••)
    (1)            (2) (3)                    (4)                  (5)

Using the Statement

The appearance number can be used if the same field appears more than once on the image. If the application ID, field name, occurrence number, and appearance number are not specified (left blank), the BOLD statement affects all of the items painted on the associated image.

BOLD is one of the characteristic-type statements. Refer to the common attributes of all the statements in this category in the Characteristic-Type Statements section of this manual.

The operation of a BOLD statement affects only the next generation of an image. In other words, the item characteristics are reset each time an image is produced.

Restrictions

BOLD is a printed output display attribute only and therefore is not allowed in images in non-output processes.

Statement Ignored

The system ignores any BOLD statements specified in non-image-related event points.

Related Statements

BLANK, BLINK, BRIGHT, COLOR, DIM, DISPLAY, FONT, INVERSE, NO BOLD, NO ULINE, NORMAL, PICTURE, ULINE

Example

In the following example, if the customer number entered on an estimate is a valid customer, the customer name is printed in bold characters on the report.

          SET      TAR CUSTOMER NO                =  TAR ESTIMATE CUSTOMER NO
          READ     TAR CUSTOMER               HOLD 0 FT 0 BY CUSTOMER NO
    T     BOLD     TAR CUSTOMER NAME              (AT APPEARANCE #    )
    T     DISPLAY  TAR CUSTOMER NAME              (AT APPEARANCE #    )