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HOST FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE
BOX command
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represents the origin in the horizontal direction ( x –axis
coordinate).
units indicates the unit of measure for specifying the line origin.
The units are INCHES, CENTIMETERS, DOTS, and XDOTS. You
can use two decimal places when you specify inches and
centimeters. You must express DOTS and XDOTS in integers.
DRAW is an optional reserved word.
The number of lines you want drawn on your form is n .
HORIZONTAL or VERTICAL specifies the direction of your lines.
LINES specifies that this reserved word is required.
IN units is a shorthand method of specifying units for the entire
command. IN units overrides all other units used. For example,
if you want to draw a line using inches but specify grid FMT1, IN
units uses inches as the grid for all units in the specific LINE
statement.
FROM, TO specifies the coordinate at the coordinate start (C
point and the coordinate end (C
SOLID, BROKEN, or DOTTED specifies the type of line you want
to draw.
HAIRLINE, 0 point (invisible), 1 point, or 2 points specifies the
thickness of the line you want to draw.
INK n specifies the ink color index from the ink list for a Xerox
highlight or full color LPS printer.
REPEAT specifies that you want a selected line repeated
according to the following commands.
HORIZONTALLY or VERTICALLY specifies the orientation of the
lines you want repeated.
EVERY C
indicates that you want a line repeated at the
i
increment (C
AT C
indicates that you want the line repeated at the absolute
a
coordinate (C
Defaults
HORIZONTAL, if you do not specify a line orientation.
SOLID, if you do not specify a line type.
1, if you do not specify a line weight.
VERTICALLY, if you do not specify the REPEAT orientation.
Examples
Long form:
AT 3 INCHES DRAW 5 HORIZONTAL LINES IN INCHES FROM 4
INCHES TO 10 INCHES USING SOLID 1 USING INK 3 AND
REPEAT HORIZONTALLY EVERY 0.50 INCHES;
Short form:
AT 3 5 LINES 4 TO 10 REPEAT EVERY 0.50;
Use the BOX command to describe the size and shape of a box
on your form. Similar to lines, you can repeat boxes at fixed
intervals or at specified locations. The origin of the box is its
upper left corner at the midpoint of the thickness of the outline.
If you are using the 4850 HighLight Color or 4700 LPS printer,
HOST FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE 3.2 FOR IBM MVS CREATING FORMS
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