Form Attributes

Form attributes are specifications that apply to the form as a whole (in contrast to field attributes, which are specifications that apply to individual fields). All form attributes are related to the following form characteristics:

You designate a form's attributes with the Form Layout frame's FormAttr (form attribute) operation. When you choose the FormAttr operation, VIFRED displays the Form Attributes pop-up frame. Use this frame to specify attributes for the form currently displayed in the Form Layout frame.

The display style of your current form determines which attributes appear on the Form Attribute pop-up frame. VIFRED provides two basic display styles for forms:

The following table lists and summarizes all of the attributes that appear on Form Attributes frames for both fullscreen and pop-up forms. Only those attributes that apply to the style of your form appears on your Form Attributes frame.

Attribute	Description	For
Style	The display style of the form, either fullscreen or pop-up	All forms
Size	Size of the form in rows and columns	All forms (display-only)
Screen Width	Displays the screen in the terminal's current width (default), narrow width (usually 80 columns), or wide width (usually 132 columns)	Fullscreen forms
Position	How the pop-up form is positioned (either fixed position or floating position)	Pop-up display-style forms
Border	Whether the pop-up form has an automatic border	Pop-up display-style forms
StartRow	The row containing the form's upper left corner	Fixed‑position pop-up display-style forms
StartColumn	The column containing the form's upper left corner	Fixed-position pop-up forms