Advanced terminals can support extended field attributes such as blinking, reverse video, underscore and extended colors. To make use of extended field attributes, you use the Start Field Extended (SFE) order in place of the Start Field (SF). The format of the SFE order is:
| Command Name | Value | Parameter 1 | Parameter 2 | Parameter 3 |
| SFE | 29 | Number of Attributes Pairs | Type / Value Pairs | |
| Type Code | Extended Attribute Type |
|
C0 |
Basic Field Attributes |
| 41 | Extended Highlihting |
| 42 | Color |
Basic Field Attributes are the same field attributes as used by the Start Field (SF) order. Below is a summary of the Basic Field Attributes. For more information refer back to the earlier explination.
| * | * | U/P | A/N | Display |
Rsvd |
MDT |
|
0 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Bit | Meaning | |
| 0 | The value of this bit is determined by the value of the other seven bits | |
| 1 | The value of this bit is determined by the value of the other seven bits | |
| 2 | 1 = Protected or 0 = Unprotected | |
| 3 | 1 = Numeric or 0 = Alpha | |
| 4 & 5 | Bits 4 and 5 indicate how the field is to be displayed | |
| 6 | Reserved, Set to Zero | |
| 7 | Modified Data Tag |
The extended highlighting attribute defines the following characteristics. Only one extended highlighting attribute can be specified.
|
Attribute Value |
Attribute Meaning |
| 00 | Default |
| F1 | Blink |
| F2 | Reverse Video |
| F4 | Underscore |
The color extended attribute type is used to override the default color for a field.
| Attribute Value | Color |
| 00 | Default |
| F1 | Blue |
| F2 | Red |
| F3 | Pink |
| F4 | Green |
| F5 | Turquoise |
| F6 | Yellow |
| F7 | White |
| SFE Order | 3 Attr Pairs | Basic | Ext. Highlighting | Color | |||
| Attr Type | Protected | Attr Type | Reverse Video | Attr Type | Yellow | ||
| 29 | 03 | C0 | F0 | 41 | F2 | 42 | F6 |