Types Of Lines - Xerox DocuPrint 96MX Forms Creation Manual

FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE

Types of lines

LINE command defaults
3-20
The following types of lines may be drawn:
•
Solid
•
Broken Line is divided into many equal sections, separated by
•
Dotted
Lines may be of the following weights:
Hairline
1
2
0
The system defaults for direction and type of line are HORIZONTAL
and SOLID 1 and are adopted automatically if no other option is
specified. The default option of REPEAT is used to repeat a
horizontal line vertically and a vertical line horizontally to produce
parallel lines.
(The point of origin of a vertical line is at the top of the line at the
midpoint of the line thickness. A horizontal line point of origin is at the
left end of the line at the midpoint of the line thickness.)
Example 1 AT 3 DRAW LINE FROM 4 TO 10;
AT 3
DRAW
LINE
FROM 4 TO 10
This command specifies the drawing of a horizontal line three grid
units down from the form origin, starting four grid units to the right of
the form origin and ending 10 grid units to the right of the form origin,
as shown in figure 3-8.
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An unbroken, straight line
small amounts of space
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Line consists of dots of equal size and spaced equally
apart.
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(invisible)
Keyword AT and the location down the page at
which the line is placed
Keyword DRAW
Keyword LINE or LINES (When the number of
lines is omitted, one SOLID 1 line —the default
—is assumed).
Keyword FROM and the coordinates indicating
the beginning and end of the lines