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Character String Display
Section 7-9
S Display attributes and drawing result
Attribute Drawing Result
Standard The character string display element is displayed with the
specified foreground color and background color.
ABCDEFG
Flash Repeated alternation of the “standard” display and no
display.
⇔
ABCDEFG
Inverse Flash Repeated exchange of the foreground color and
background color.
ABCDEFG
⇔
ABCDEFG
S Direct reference and indirect reference
Direct reference is a method whereby the memory table whose contents are to
be displayed is specified directly.
Allocated word
(character string memory table No. 51)
PC
DM0100
a b c d
NT31/NT31C
a b c d
6162
6364
Direct
reference
Character string
memory table
No. 51
In indirect reference, the memory table whose contents are to be displayed is not
specified directly: the contents of the specified numeral memory table (numeric
value) are regarded as the number of a character string memory table, and the
contents of this character string memory table are displayed. Note that more
processing time is required for indirect reference that for direct reference.
Allocated word
(character string memory
table No. 51)
PC
DM0000
a b c d
NT31/NT31C
0 0 5 1
0051
a b c d
6162
6364
DM0100
Indirect
reference
Numeral memory
table No. 20
Allocated word
(numeral memory table No. 20)
Character string
memory table No. 51
[Display Functions]
In character string display, the character string is displayed in accordance with the
“General” settings.
For details on the method of display depending on the “General” settings, refer to
“Common Attributes” (page 368).