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Screen Handling Comparison Table
The following table provides a brief comparison between the various
screen handling methods.
Table 19-1. Comparison of Screen Handling Methods
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| | Operating | Windowing | Compatible | Screen |
| | System | | with other | Attributes |
| | Specific | | COBOL | |
| | | | Dialects | |
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| ANSI ACCEPT/ | no | no | all | no |
| DISPLAY | | | | |
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| Enhanced | no | no2 | RM and MS 2.2 | yes |
| ACCEPT/ DISPLAY | | | | |
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| Screen Section | no | no2 | DG X/Open RM and | yes |
| | | | MS 2.2 | |
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| Windowing | no | yes | no | no |
| Syntax | | | | |
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| Low Level | yes | no | Limited3 | yes |
| (COBOL) | | | | |
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| Panels | no1 | yes | no | yes |
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| Dialog System | no | yes | yes4 | yes5 |
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1 Attributes are specific to the environment
2 This is possible via a call to ADIS to direct input and output via
Panels
3 Available in Microsoft COBOL 3.0 or later and other COBOL systems
produced by Micro Focus
4 There is no special COBOL syntax; the CALL statement is used
5 Dialog System runs in several different environments in both
character and graphical (GUI) modes. Check which attributes are
appropriate for the environment you require