IBM AS/400 manual Hide, Refresh, Four Can Assigned Element Name Even Length, Data Printed

appears

on

the image area

to

show the

element position

instead

of

th

mark assigned by the Overlay Utility and

the Print Format Utility. The

Utility

and

the

Print

Format

Utility

keep

the

system assigned

mark for

even

if

you

have

assigned

a

name

for

it. The

Overlay

Utility

and

th

Utility

do not use that system assigned

mark

for

elements

which

have

assigned

name.

The element mark is changed

to

an

asterisk

followed

by

this element's

n

image area. For example, if

you define a text element as the first

overlay

and

assign

aABCDname, the element

\Tðð1mark

is

changed\ABCDto.

To define or change an element

name,

press

F4=Detail

from

either

the

Change panels. Type the name

you wish

to

assign

to

the

element

next

to

element

prompt.

If

you

erase the previously assigned name, the Overlay Utility and

Utility

replace

it

by

the

system

assigned\Tðð1. Anymark characterssuchas

up

to

four

can

be

assigned

as

the

element

name.

Even

if

the

length

of

the

element

name

is

less

than

four

characters,

mark

occupies

six

characters,

since the mark on the image area consis

asterisk,

the

name,

and

a

blank

character.

Element

Mark

On/Off

The element marks on the image

area can

be

suppressed

or re-displayed

pressing

F15

(Mark

On/Off). When

the

F15 key

is

first pressed,

all the

marks

displayed

on

the image area disappear from the display except

This

is

especially

useful to verify the entire text element or line/b

overriding

other

element marks.

When

the

F15

key

is pressed

the

second

time,

all the

element

marks ar

on the

image

area

again.

Hide

One

element

may be

overlapped with

other

elements

in

the

display. If

marks overlap

each

other

on the

image

area, the one created last is

The

other overlapped marks are not displayed. By repeatedly creating

some

elements can not be seen on the

image area. To solve this problem

hide

function is provided. This function

temporarily

removes

elements

one

at

the position of the cursor, and an

element

that was overlapped

by

one

appears. You can use this function

by pressing F16 (Hide).

The

hidden

elements

are

removed

from the

image

area,

but

not actually

You

can see them

by pressing

the

F5

(Refresh)

key.

Refresh

The

Overlay

Utility

and the

Print Format Utilityrefresh alsofunctionprovide.

the

You

can use this function by pressing F5 (Refresh). It restores the

were

temporarily hidden by the hide function.

Both

hide and

refresh

functions

only affect the image shown

on

the d

do

not

change

the

elements

you

entered nor do they change

the

printe

when

an

overlay

or

PFD

data

is

printed.

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AFP Utilities for

AS/400

User’s

Guide