IBM AS/400 manual Boxes, Images, Graphics

Type 1		in	theOpt	column	beside the reserved variable name to select and
the	Enter		key. The		Define Text Detail (or the Define Box Detail) d
with		the	selected		reserved	variable name enclosed with an ampersand
period (.).
The	reserved			variable name		can be concatenated with variable data
or	fixed		data as		follows:

Page number: &\PAGNBR. &\DATE.-&\TIME.

&COMPANY. is in the record number &\RCDNBR..

Note: Reserved variable data is printed in the following format:

ŸThe job date is printed with the date format and the dat

defined on the job definition attribute.

ŸThe job time is printed with the time separator defined on definition attribute.

ŸThe page number is printed as eight-digit numeric data. The

zeros are suppressed with blanks.

ŸThe record number is printed as eight-digit numeric data. The zeros are suppressed with blanks.

Fixed

Data:

In

addition

to

the

data

from

a

databasefixed

datafile,

data

cal

can

be

defined

when

the

PFD

definition

is

created

or

changed.

Any

combination

of

the

following

elements

can

be

printed

as

fixed

da

layout:

Text

Text with various fonts, underlined

or

not,

color,

and

so

Lines

and

Boxes

With

various

length,

width,

dashed,

dotted,

shaded,

a

Bar

Codes

For

the

supported

bar

code

types, see

“Bar

Code”

on

Images

Page

segments

converted

either

from

PC

documents

or physi

file

members.

Graphics

The graphics data (GDF format)

that reside in a physic

member

or

a

PC

document

in

a

folder.

To

create

a

PFD

definition

containing

fixed

data,

define

the

content

elements. They

are

not

affected

by

the

contents

of

the

database

Some

examples

of using these elements are:

Text:

Title

Lines

and

Boxes:

Box

Images:

Logo

The

following

is

a

sample

of

variable data

and

fixed

data

in

a

re

page layout.

Chapter 10. Work with PFD Definitions161