>Edited from HP COBOL II/XL Reference Manual, SPECIAL-NAMES Paragraph:
>
>The SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph allows you to relate certain[REV BEG]
>COBOL-supplied feature, switch, or device names[REV END] to mnemonic names.
>By specifying these mnemonic names in your program, you can invoke these
>functions...  The SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph also allows you to specify symbolic
>characters and to relate class names to sets of characters.
>...
>For example, the following SYMBOLIC CHARACTERS clause declares the words
>BELL, CARRIAGE-RETURN, and ESCAPE:
>
>     SYMBOLIC CHARACTERS BELL IS 8, CARRIAGE-RETURN IS 14, ESCAPE IS 28.
>
>With the above declaration you can use the following DISPLAY statements.
>The first DISPLAY makes a sound on the terminal before displaying the
>message.  The second displays the message in inverse video on certain
>terminals:
>
>     DISPLAY BELL " JOB COMPLETED ".
>     DISPLAY ESCAPE "&dB" "Enter a number: ".
>--------
>While not using hex, such an approach may work; I expect that x1A should work
>instead of 27.
>
>Opinions are mine. Your actual mileage may vary.
>Greg "I'm no guru, but I LOVE COBOL" Stigers
>
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>From:  Curt Brimacomb[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent:  Wednesday, December 11, 1996 6:59 PM
>To:    [log in to unmask]
>Subject:       [HP3000-L] cobol
>
>Hey cobol gurus!
>
>I have a programmer here who (in cobol) want to be able to send escape
>sequences using the hex code for it.  He knows decimal (pic s9(4) comp value
>27) and octal (pic x value %33).
>
>Can anyone tell me how to do it?  Or is it not something HP cobol can do?
>
>TIA...
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