IBM AS/400 manual PFD Definition Fonts, Database File, Record Layout

If nothing is specified, the default values are used.

PFD Definition Fonts

Fonts are predefined, but you can change PFD definition fonts if you

Database File

You	can	specify	which	fields		of	data in	the	database file are pri
You	can	specify	the	name	of the database file, library, and record
not specify them in a PFD					definition, you			need	to	specify	them when
database		file member. You			can	also	specify fields			in the	database
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Record Layout

The Print Format Utility manages two kinds of records which are disting depending on their definitions as follows:

Ÿ

The

record

defined

in

the

database

file. databaseIt isfile referred

to as

record

.”

Ÿ

The

record

defined

by

Print

Format

Utility

as

a

unit or

set

of d

It

is

simply

referredrecord

to.” asA

arecord“

consists of data from a

dat

file

record

and

other

data

such

as

text,

lines,

boxes,

and

bar

for

the

record.

You

must

define

how

you lay out

the

data,elementswhich,

inarea calledrecord

as

recorda

layout .

For example, you can print

the

following

label

from

a

record

in

a

data

member

using

Print Format

Utility.

Figure 17. Record Layout Sample
On the above label, the product	name	'Color	TV',	the	price		'980',	and	th
which is coded from the price	are picked		up	from	the	fields		in	the
record. Other data in the label	such as 'Product :', 'Price						:',	lines,
defined in this record for the	label	independently			of	the	data in		t
record.

You can also print some variable data such as job date, job time, p record number, database file name, library name, and member name by s

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