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HFDL features
HOST FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE 3.2 FOR IBM MVS CREATING FORMS
1.
The Host Forms Description Language (HFDL) operates in a
standard IBM/MVS environment that includes Xerox high–speed,
high–volume centralized printers. You use Xerox Print Resources
Manager (XPRM) to store form files and resources in the XPRM
database.
This chapter describes the HFDL features, prerequisites,
operating environment, and the supported printers. Refer to the
Xerox Print Resources Manager/Host Forms Description Language
3.2 for IBM for MVS Managing Resources manual for more
information.
HFDL, combined with XPRM, provides the following features:
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Flexible language statement syntax. The syntax allows you
to quickly and easily develop your form electronically. The
syntax is similar to the source language that resides on the
Xerox laser printing system (LPS) printer and that the Forms
Description Language (FDL) compiler uses. HFDL also
allows additional command extensions, such as dot leaders,
which the FSL compiler does not support.
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More online printer time. Through HFDL and XPRM, you
have the ability to compile and store forms on your host
computer, freeing up your Xerox laser printer for other
printing jobs.
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Powerful utilities. The XPRM utilities allow you to manage
your resources through a system interface. These utilities
allow you to access stored forms for updating, downloading
to printers, or deleting.
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Additional flexibility. You have the ability to download
host–generated forms, which were compiled in different
formats, to specific laser printers.
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Increase in several FDL limits.
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Standard entries. You have the ability to enter standard
HFDL reserved words and identifiers in uppercase or
lowercase letters.
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Host system interface. XPRM provides an enhanced
resource management capability through a host system
interface. This allows you to take advantage of the
enhanced features offered by the new family of Xerox laser
printers such as the Xerox 4135 LPS Printer, the Xerox 4235
LPS Printer, the Xerox 4700 Color Document Printer, and
the Xerox 4850 HighLight Color LPS Printer.
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