How to? Give a color to the popup window @SELECT

[Florin Savu]

I have noticed that the popup window has a new line - just under the title. A good choice to view what are you searching.
This was a parenthesis.
I just remembered that in an old TCC there was a possibility to change the color of background, foreground and selection bar when using @SELECT.
Now I cannot find how to do it.
Is it still possible ?
Thanks for help.
Florin

 

[Charles Dye]

I just remembered that in an old TCC there was a possibility to change the color of background, foreground and selection bar when using @SELECT.
Now I cannot find how to do it.
Is it still possible ?

I think that was the PopupWinColors directive in the .INI file... back when popup windows were text-based, drawn in the console window with line-drawing characters. Long gone.

 

[Joe Caverly]

From the 4DOS Help;

When attempted in TCC 33;

Yep, Long Gone.

Joe

 

[vefatica]

You can still have console popup windows. I didn't try colors.

 

[Joe Caverly]

Yes, I still use them in my .BTM files.

I enable them at the beginning of the .BTM;

OPTION //ConsolePopupWindows=Yes

...and disable them at the end of the .BTM;

OPTION //ConsolePopupWindows=No

Joe

 

[vefatica]

Since they still exist, the color directive seems appropriate. But as noted earlier it no longer exists.

 

[Charles Dye]

You can still have console popup windows. I didn't try colors.

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Well, maybe not long gone, then.