Re: Form not underlining

Try the REVERSE attribute instead. I never use the UNDERLINE but I think I remember that it only underlines text which defeats your purpose in defining field length on the screen prior to input. carlos Hot Sticky Pudding wrote: > Hi, > > Running Informix SE 5.10.UC7, 4GL RDS 4.20.UC4 on RS6000 AIX 4.2. > > In my BEFORE FIELD statements I display a value to the form field with > ATTRIBUTE (UNDERLINE ) but when the form is displayed on screen ready > for user input, the field is not underlined. > > I use the underlining to give the user some notion as to how big the > field is because I don't use the [ ] brackets to surround the fields; > they make the screen display look cluttered. > > Any ideas or suggestions would be very welcome. > > Cheers, Sticky Pudding. > -- > What the large print giveth, the small print taketh away. -- Carlos Benjamin, Jr. x 2364 mailto:inf999@cap-az.com