Comment Command - Xerox Printer User Manual

HOST FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE

COMMENT command

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down, you only have to change the initial values. You can shift
text automatically when you add or delete text items.
HFDL uses spaces to delimit keywords. Therefore, relative
coordinates must not contain spaces between the variable name
Y1 and the value +.5.
Figure 3–25 shows the variable syntax flow.
Figure 3–25.
Parameters identifier is the variable name you specify for the relative
coordinate.
+ or – specifies a positive or negative value that you can apply
to the n value.
Default None.
Examples The following examples show the long form of the relative
coordinate variables.
In this example, you can define the Y coordinate as the value of
Y1 plus 3 centimeters:
AT Y1+3 CM
In this example, you can define the Y coordinate as the value of
Y2 minus 4.5 grid units:
AT Y2–4.5
There is no short form.
In the examples above, the value of Y1 and Y2 change. When
you refer to Y1 in the FSL, it is 3 larger. Likewise, Y2 is 4.5
smaller.
Use the COMMENT command to retain a record of your
comments in the source statement. Comments do not appear
on the form, and the compiler ignores them. You do not need
to enclose the COMMENT command text in single quotes.
Figure 3–26 shows the COMMENT command syntax flow.
Figure 3–26.
COMMENT
Parameter text specifies the comment text string you want to include in the
HFDL command statement.
Default None.
HOST FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE 3.2 FOR IBM MVS CREATING FORMS
Relative coordinate syntax
–
identifier
+
–
COMMENT command syntax
text
n
n
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