`'Y'`	closes the window automatically. (This is the default.)
`'N'`	leaves the window open until the user explicitly closes it. This option is ignored when *num-sel* is not 1.

Type: Character

Details

By default, the message above the selection list asks the user to make num-sel selections. Also by default, the selection list window closes when the user makes a choice and presses ENTER if the selection list allows only one choice.

The [FIND] item in the selection list window enables you to specify characters that a value in the list contains. If the value is found, it is displayed as selected. If the value is not found, a message is displayed in the selection list window.

You can provide default values that will be initially selected when the color selection list is displayed. To do this, assign the values to the selections variable before calling COLORLIST.

If a user closes the selection list window without making a selection, COLORLIST returns a blank value unless there was an initial value for the selections variable before COLORLIST was called.

Selections from the window can be placed in the current result list, if one is available. The current result list is a special SCL list that is automatically filled with the values that are selected from a selection list. To use a current result list, use the MAKELIST function to create it, and use the CURLIST function to designate it as the current result list. The current result list must exist before you call the COLORLIST function.

You can use COLORLIST to enable a user to interactively design the RGB components for a color. If a user designs a color that is not supported on that device, SCL uses the closest color that is supported.

When COLORLIST is invoked, the current result list is cleared. After COLORLIST is invoked, the result list contains one element for each selected color name. The selections can be retrieved by using GETITEMC.

Example

Display a list of devices of type MONITOR that are available in the catalog SASHELP.DEVICES and allow users to select a device. Users can choose up to four colors from the selection list. If no device is chosen, display a list of all possible colors.

usrdev=devlist('sashelp.devices','monitor',
                       'Select a device. ');
device=substr(usrdev,41,8);
devcolor=colorlist(device,4);

Use a current result list to process multiple selections:

listid=makelist();
rc=curlist(listid);
selection=devlist('sashelp.devices','monitor',
                           'Select a device.');
device=substr(selection,41,8);
devcolor=colorlist(device,4);
n=listlen(listid);
do i=1 to n;
   color=getitemc(listid,i);
   put color=;
end;

Display a color selection dialog window:

color=colorlist('?',1,'Design a color for the
                                         bars');

See Also

CURLIST

DEVLIST

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