[alt.cobol] Runtime display

francesc@dm.unibo.it (Giancarlo Franceschelli) (09/27/90)

It's the first time I write to a group, so probably I'll make a lot of errors.

I have a problem with the ACU-COBOL runtime, a Cobol compiler for ms-dos,
xenix, IBM AIX and other computers (I use it under SCO XENIX).

I need to display a sequence of special characters (they are "ESC" "(" "0" )
on the terminal (in vt100 emulation), and I use the DISPLAY command with a
string of this special characters (this sequence active the graphic mode).

For some reason, when I execute the compiled program, the ESC takes no
effect.  I see "(0" on the video and the vt100 remains in normal character
mode.

This is a very specific question, so I suppose that only a few people can
help me.  Can you help me in find these experts?  How can I find more
information?

(My version of ACU-COBOL is 1.4)

My e-mail address is francesc@aida.cs.unibo.it

Thank you.
Giancarlo Franceschelli
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