A screen description entry describes a video form or a portion of a video form and specifies the attributes, behavior, size, and location of screen items within the video form. The screen description entry is referenced in the Procedure Division by the ACCEPT and DISPLAY statements
1 – 1format_group_screen
Format 1 - Group Screen Item level-number [ screen-name ] [ FILLER ] [ BLANK_SCREEN ] [ FOREGROUND-COLOR IS color-num-1 ] [ BACKGROUND-COLOR IS color-num-2 ] [ AUTO ] [ SECURE ] [ REQUIRED ] [ [ USAGE IS ] DISPLAY ] [ [ SIGN IS ] { LEADING } [ SEPARATE CHARACTER ] ] [ { TRAILING } ] [ FULL ] .
2 – 2format_literal_elementary
Format 2 - Elementary Screen Item level-number [ screen-name ] [ FILLER ] [ BLANK { LINE } ] [ { SCREEN } ] [ BELL ] [ BLINK ] [ ERASE { EOL } ] [ { EOS } ] [ HIGHLIGHT ] [ LOWLIGHT ] [ REVERSE-VIDEO ] [ UNDERLINE ] [ NUMBER IS [ PLUS ] { identifier-1 } ] [ { integer-1 } ] [ NUMBER IS [ PLUS ] {identifier-2 } ] [ { integer-2 } ] [ FOREGROUND-COLOR IS color-num-1 ] [ BACKGROUND-COLOR IS color-num-2 ] VALUE IS literal-1 .
3 – 3format_elementary
Format 3 - Elementary Screen Item level-number [ screen-name ] [ FILLER ] [ BLANK { LINE } ] [ { SCREEN } ] [ BELL ] [ BLINK ] [ ERASE { EOL } ] [ { EOS } ] [ HIGHLIGHT ] [ LOWLIGHT ] [ REVERSE-VIDEO ] [ UNDERLINE ] [ NUMBER IS [ PLUS ] { identifier-1 } ] [ { integer-1 } ] [ NUMBER IS [ PLUS ] { identifier-2 } ] [ { integer-2 } ] [ FOREGROUND-COLOR IS color-num-1 ] [ BACKGROUND-COLOR IS color-num-2 ] { USING identifier-3 } { PICTURE } IS picture-string-1 { {| FROM { identifier-4 } |} } { PIC } { {| { literal-1 } |} } { {| TO identiier-5 |} } [ [ USAGE IS ] DISPLAY ] [ BLANK WHEN ZERO ] [ { JUSTIFIED } RIGHT ] [ { JUST } ] [ [ SIGN IS ] { LEADING } [ SEPARATE CHARACTER ] ] [ { TRAILING } ] [ AUTO ] [ SECURE ] [ REQUIRED ] [ FULL ] .