DIM

DIM displays an item with low intensity.

    ••••• DIM      ••• •••••••••••••••••••••• ••• (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 DIM statement affects all of the items painted on the associated image.

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

Restrictions

Note that because characteristic statements operate on input items, they are only meaningful in event points that are associated with an input image.

DIM is a terminal display attribute only and, therefore, is not allowed on images in output processes.

Statement Ignored

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

Related Statements

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

Example

In this example, the field CUSTOMER CREDIT STATUS is made dim on the image.

          IF       TAR CUSTOMER CREDIT STATUS     NE     BAD
    T     DIM      TAR CUSTOMER CREDIT STATUS     (AT APPEARANCE #    )
          DISPLAY  TAR CUSTOMER CREDIT STATUS     (AT APPEARANCE #    )