IBM AS/400 manual Graphics, Defining Elements on the Design Display, New Source Overlay

Graphics

You

can

include

graphics

data (GDF

format) that

resides

in a

physical

or a

PC

document

in

a

folder. You can refer to

the

graphics

element

name

and

member

name

or

by its

folder

and

document

name

and

specify

position

and the

size

to

define

it

by

two

diagonally opposite corners

Record Layout

A record layout is a function of a PFD definition. You can define the elements in a record using the Print Format Utility and can treat the elements as one record layout. In a page layout, a record layout is element.

Defining Elements on the Design Display

You can define elements on the following three displays:

ŸThe Design Overlay display

This display allows you to design an overlay that contains text elem elements, box elements, bar code elements, page segments, and graphi elements.

To go to the Design Overlay display, do the following:

1. On

any

display

with

a command STRAFPUline,

typeand press

Enter.

2. On

the

Advanced

Function

Printing

Utilities

menu,

select

option

1 (

with

source

overlays)

and

press

Enter.

3. The

Work

with

Source

Overlays

display

shows

the

list

of

source

a source overlay file. If you want to use another

source

over

library, type the nameLibraryfor promptthe

and

Filethe prompt

in

the

upper

part of

the

display,

and

press

Enter.

4. On

the

Work

with

Source

Overlays

display,

do

one

of

the

followi

–

To

create

a

new

source

overlay,1 (Creatypee) inOptthecolumn

and

a

new

source

overlay

name Sourcein theoverlaycolumn

on

the first

line

in

the

list and press Enter to create

a

new

source

over

–

To

change

an

existing

source

overlay,2 (Change)typein Optthe

column

and

a

source

overlay

name Sourcefor theoverlaycolumn

in

the

first

line

in

the2 listn theOptor

columntype

beside

the

source

overlay

you

want

to

change

in

the

list,

and

press

Enter.

5.On the Create Source Overlays display or Change Source Overlay d type1 (Select) besideDesigntheOverlayoption in the action list, and

press Enter.

6. The Design Overlay display appears.

ŸThe Design Record Layout display

This display allows you to design a record layout which is a funct

definition. The record layout contains text elements, line								elements, b
elements,		bar	code	elements,	page	segments, and graphics		elements. Th
text	elements,		box	elements,	bar	code elements, page	segments,		and
can	be	fixed	data	or variable		data (contain field	names from		a

ŸThe Design Page Layout display

This display allows you to design a page layout which is a functio definition. The page layout contains text elements, line elements, box

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