{"id":13354,"date":"2022-09-13T14:36:32","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T19:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cyflexdoc.wpengine.com\/?page_id=13354"},"modified":"2025-10-08T13:12:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T18:12:45","slug":"set_color","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/usage-help-manual\/11-utilities-and-user-commands\/set_color\/","title":{"rendered":"set_color"},"content":{"rendered":"

Purpose:<\/h3>\n
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Set the display color or status of variables such as REAL, INTEGER, LOGICAL, STRING, and their arrays.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Enter:<\/h3>\n
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set_color<\/strong> <variable_label> <color><\/p>\n

or<\/p>\n

set_color<\/strong> <variable_label> “<computed expression>”<\/p>\n

or<\/p>\n

set_color<\/strong> <filename><\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Where:<\/h3>\n
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\n
\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n
variable_label<\/td>\n\n

Specify the label of the variable to modify.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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color<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Specify the color value to set.
\nOptions:
\nBLINK
\nINVERSE
\nNORMAL
\nBLUE
\nGREEN
\nCYAN
\nRED
\nMAGENTA
\nYELLOW
\nWHITE
\nBLACK
\nBLINK_BLUE
\nBLINK_GREEN
\nBLINK_CYAN
\nBLINK_RED
\nBLINK_MAGENTA
\nBLINK_YELLOW
\nBLINK_BLACK<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

computed_expression<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Specify any if\/then\/else construct to dynamically determine the color.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

filename<\/td>\n\n

Specify a file path containing lines with label and color pairs for batch processing.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Example:<\/h3>\n
\n
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set_color engine_hours\u00a0 RED
\nThe above command sets the engine_hours display status to RED<\/p>\n

set_color xflg “if( engine_hours > 1000[hr] ) then BLINK_RED else GREEN”
\nThe above command sets the display status of xflg to BLINK_RED if the engine_hours variable is > 1000[hr].\u00a0 The xflg display status will be set to GREEN if the engine_hours variable is <= 1000[hr]<\/p>\n

set_color \/specs\/var_colors<\/p>\n

Contents of \/specs\/var_colors:
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 engine_hours BLUE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 xflg\u00a0 CYAN<\/p>\n

The above command sets the display status of the engine_hours variable to BLUE and the display status of the xflg variable to CYAN.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Notes:<\/h3>\n
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Colors are case-insensitive. The program supports batch input from files or stdin for multiple variable updates.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

See Also:<\/h3>\n
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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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"parent":1948,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13354","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13354\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}