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HOST FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE 3.2 FOR IBM MVS CREATING FORMS
Parameters
HORIZONTAL or VERTICAL specifies the text orientation of the
text within the box. Do not confuse TEXT alignment with TEXT
placement in the box. You can align horizontal text LEFT or
RIGHT. You can align vertical text TOP or BOTTOM.
SPACED defines the amount of vertical space (in n units ) you
want a line of text to occupy. If you specify a value (not 0), it
replaces the line spacing value of the font being used for this
TEXT AT command. All specifications except LPI are actual line
height measurements. An LPI value specifies line height in lines
per inch. The n units value you specify must be positive. The
units are INCHES, CENTIMETERS, DOTS, and XDOTS. You can
use two decimal places when you specify inches and centimeters.
You can express DOTS and XDOTS only in integers. POINTS
specifies that you want the TEXT SPACED in n POINTS (1/72
inch).
ALIGNED specifies that you want the text aligned LEFT, RIGHT,
CENTER, TOP, BOTTOM, JUSTIFIED. See the Xerox Laser
Printing Systems Forms Creation Guide for alignment examples.
The ALIGNED and JUSTIFIED commands including IN COLUMN,
are not recommended with the TEXT IN BOX command. These
are more appropriate with the TEXT AT command. If you want to
use JUSTIFIED IN COLUMN, refer to the "TEXT AT command"
section for a description of how to use these parameters.
FONT n specifies the index number of the font you selected.
Refer to the "FONT command" section for additional
information.
INK n specifies the index number of the ink color you selected
from the ink list to use with a Xerox highlight or full color LPS
printer. The specified INK is in effect for this command and not
for subsequent TEXT IN BOX commands.
IN specifies the position in a box where you want to place the
text. There are nine positions as follows:
TOP LEFT
LEFT CENTER
BOTTOM LEFT
C
defines the coordinate of the box origin on the y axis.
y
C
defines the coordinate of the box origin on the x axis.
x
'text' specifies a text string that displays on the form exactly as
you enter it (except for special characters).
DOT LEADER specifies dot leaders you have selected to place
between text or to a column boundary. Dot leaders extend the
full width of the column you specify in the COLUMN command,
unless interrupted by a 'text' string. You can place dot leaders
between two text strings and a right boundary previously defined
in the COLUMN command. If you place dot leaders between
two text strings, the right most text string aligns with the right
column boundary.
USING HFDL COMMANDS
TOP CENTER
CENTER CENTER
BOTTOM CENTER
BOTTOM RIGHT
TOP RIGHT
RIGHT CENTER
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