Attribute descriptor (<attrib> element)

The attribute descriptor specifies a 3270 or 5250 attribute and a row and column location on the application window.

During screen recognition the macro runtime compares the specified attribute (such as 0x3) to the actual attribute at the row and column specified. If the attributes are the same, then the macro runtime evaluates the descriptor as true. Otherwise the macro runtime evaluates the descriptor as false.

This descriptor can be useful when you are trying to differentiate between two application screens that are very similar except for their attributes.