Compiling A Form - Xerox 4450 Forms Creation Manual

COMPILING AND PRINTING FORMS
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Compiling a form

FDL filename NOPRINT TRAY DEBUG XPAN NOSOURCE PROOF SIMPLEX RES=spi
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If your LPS is channel-attached to a host computer, enter the
source code at the host terminal through the host editor facility.
The file must be preceded by the necessary control record
identifiers. Refer to your host reference documentation for
details. The LPS HOSTCOPY utility enables you to download files
from the host and store them on the LPS system disk.
The LPS can also receive forms data from a remote device on the
Ethernet network.
Once the file has been created, the next step is to enter the
command that compiles the .FSL to an .FRM.
Multiple .FSLs contained in one file are paginated so that each
new .FSL starts on the front side of a new page.
FDL compilation time
The time it takes to compile a form file depends on the position
of the font file in its directory and the size and number of disks
on the system. If your LPS has a large number of font files
located on several disks, you may notice an increase in
compilation time for forms that perform text handling. To ensure
that your form files compile as quickly as possible, remove any
unnecessary font files and use the COMPRESS utility to
reorganize your files on the disk. This will shorten the font
lookup time and use the disk space efficiently.
Invoking the forms compiler
To invoke the forms compiler, enter the following command at
the LPS keyboard. The entire command must fit on one line.
The FDL compilation command includes any combination of the
following options.
filename
Specifies the name of the .FSL to be compiled. The file
extension, .FSL, may be included. No other extension is
allowed. The file name cannot be a keyword option such as
TRAY, DEBUG, XPAN, and so on. These are reserved names
that could cause problems when you use a task outside of
the forms compiler.
NOPRINT
Specifies that the .FSL source statements listing, form
summary, and sample form will not be printed. However, if
an error occurs during form processing, the listing and the
summary are printed.
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