Section Command - Xerox Printer User Manual

SECTION command

HOST FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE 3.2 FOR IBM MVS CREATING FORMS
Examples Long form:
GRAPHIC SYMBOL AT 1,1 SCALE IS 4 USING INK 3;
There is no short form.
Use the SECTION command when a form consists of identical
blocks of commands. You can save time by defining one section
and then repeating it at the locations you want.
You can also use this command to define an entire form as a
section. Within the section, you can use any other command,
statement, or specification except another SECTION command,
DO SECTION command, FORM command, or END command.
Figure 3–19 shows the SECTION command syntax flow.
Figure 3–19.
BEGIN
LINE COMMAND
BOX COMMAND
TEXT AT COMMAND
TEXT IN BOX COMMAND
GRAPHIC COMMAND
LOGO COMMAND
GRID COMMAND
INTERWORD COMMAND
DOT LEADER COMMAND
COLUMN COMMAND
LET COMMAND
name specifies the name of the SECTION you want to use to
Parameter
invoke the SECTION command. You may define and invoke
more than one section, but you must terminate each section with
the command END SECTION or ENDSECTION before you define
another section. Do not use a reserved word or keyword as a
section name. name is a maximum 16-character string.
Default None.
SECTION command syntax
name
SECTION
END
ENDSECTION
USING HFDL COMMANDS
;
;
SECTION
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