banner

Command:

BANNER

Syntax:

BANNER USING <banner-input> <banner-character-input>

Description:

The BANNER command displays a Unix-style banner to the screen. The contents of banner-input are the large characters of the banner; the contents of banner-character-input are the component characters of the banner, which are the small characters used to make the banner letters. If banner-character-input is equal to a single space (` ` or the SPACE keyword), the component character of each large letter will be a smaller version of itself, e.g.,

BANNER USING `TEST` SPACE

will generate the following screen output:

TTTTTTT EEEEEEE SSSSS TTTTTTT

T E S S T

T E S T

T EEEEE SSSSS T

T E S T

T E S S T

T EEEEEEE SSSSS T

Example Usage:

BANNER USING `TEST` `#`.

BANNER USING `TEST` ` `.

BANNER USING `TEST` SPACE.

BANNER USING banner_contents banner_char.

See Also:

GETBANNER

Sample Program:

BANNER.CBL