set_color

Purpose:

Set the display color or status of variables such as REAL, INTEGER, LOGICAL, STRING, and their arrays.

Enter:

set_color <variable_label> <color>

or

set_color <variable_label> “<computed expression>”

or

set_color <filename>

Where:

variable_label	Specify the label of the variable to modify.
color	Specify the color value to set. Options: BLINK INVERSE NORMAL BLUE GREEN CYAN RED MAGENTA YELLOW WHITE BLACK BLINK_BLUE BLINK_GREEN BLINK_CYAN BLINK_RED BLINK_MAGENTA BLINK_YELLOW BLINK_BLACK
computed_expression	Specify any if/then/else construct to dynamically determine the color.
filename	Specify a file path containing lines with label and color pairs for batch processing.

Example:

set_color engine_hours  RED
The above command sets the engine_hours display status to RED

set_color xflg “if( engine_hours > 1000[hr] ) then BLINK_RED else GREEN”
The above command sets the display status of xflg to BLINK_RED if the engine_hours variable is > 1000[hr].  The xflg display status will be set to GREEN if the engine_hours variable is <= 1000[hr]

set_color /specs/var_colors

Contents of /specs/var_colors:
    engine_hours BLUE
    xflg  CYAN

The above command sets the display status of the engine_hours variable to BLUE and the display status of the xflg variable to CYAN.

Notes:

Colors are case-insensitive. The program supports batch input from files or stdin for multiple variable updates.

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