Subject Re: Blinking Text From Ken Mayer <dbase@nospam.goldenstag.net> Date Fri, 7 Jun 2019 14:03:49 -0700 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 6/7/2019 12:11 PM, Mustansir Ghor wrote: > Dear All > > There was a useful thing in DOS, where we can set string of text to blink in order to draw attention. > > I saw similar thing in string class but I failed to use. Can anybody help on this. > > Attached it the help file that show this feature The string class was designed for output to HTML files ... it was created originally for IntraBuilder (which was between Visual dBASE 5.x and Visual dBASE 7.0). The control retains a lot of stuff that unless you're generating web pages isn't all that useful. Frankly, blinking text is considered bad form in the HTML world anyway ... :) It's annoying as all get out. I would just make the text red or something ... Ken -- *Ken Mayer* Ken's dBASE Page: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase The dUFLP: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/index.htm#duflp dBASE Books: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Books/dBASEBooks.htm dBASE Tutorial: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Tutorial/00_Preface.htm