MONTANA RIVERS INFORMATION SYSTEM 

 Rivers Report 



APPENDIX G (cont.) 



The Query and Response colors are the colors used by some requests for input. 

 Parameters entered for reports use these colors. The question or prompt is displayed 

 in the Query colors and the answer is displayed in the Response colors. 



The border and heading of a menu use the Menu Border and Text Foreground 

 colors. The menu choices that cannot be selected use the Unavailable Item colors. The 

 menu choices that can be selected use the Available Menu Item colors. The current menu 

 choice uses the Selected Menu Item colors. 



The border color is the color of the area of the screen beyond the useable area 

 of the monitor. For many computers & monitors it is ignored and the Normal Text 

 Background color is used. 



For color monitors the available colors are: BLACK, BLUE, GREEN, CYAN, RED, 

 MAGENTA, BROWN, WHITE, GRAY, and YELLOW. Adding a ' + ' will brighten the 

 color. It will not affect the Background color fields. Adding a '*' to a color will cause 

 blinking. 



For monochrome monitors the available colors are: BLACK, WHITE, BLANK, 

 UNDERLINE, and INVERSE. Adding a ' + ' will intensify the color. It will not affect 

 the Background colors. Adding a '*' to a color will cause blinking. 



When you have entered the keys the following menu will appear on the screen 

 (Figure 7). 



Choose One 



Return to Menu without saving colors 

 Save these colors and return to Menu 

 Restore previous colors 



Figure 7. Options after Entering Screen Colors 



If you like the screen colors save them by choosing the second menu item. If you 

 do not, choose either of the other two options. You will return to the opening screen 

 (Figure 1), 



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