IBM AS/400 manual Element Operations, Rep, Define

Element Operations in	the	Screen		View
In	the	screen		view, you can do the following element operations:
Ÿ	Define		(place) an		element
Ÿ	Change		an element
Ÿ	Edit	an	element (copy, move, or remove)
Ÿ	Edit	a	block	of	elements (copy, move, or remove)

The operational steps are different for each operation, but you need image area until your desired part is displayed before you start t operations.

Define	Element Operation
You	can enter	the	define	element operation	by pressing	the F6,	F9, F10
F13	key depending on the element type to be defined. With the defi
operation, you		can	define	an element of an	overlay, a	record	layout,
layout.

The key entry area		is displayed. Its format depends on the type of
defined. The	fields	which	allow input are the mandatory parameters to
element. If	you need to		specify additional characteristics	of the e
to show the	Define	Detail	display by pressing F4 (Detail).

For details of this operation, see one of the following:

Ÿ“Text” on page 233

Ÿ“Line” on page 240

Ÿ“Box” on page 243

Ÿ	“Bar	Code” on	page 253
Ÿ	“Page	Segment”	on page 263

Ÿ“Graphics” on page 269

Ÿ“Record Layout” on page 275

Change Element

Operation

You

can

enter

the change element

operation

by

pressing

the

F14 (Chang

when the cursor is on the mark of

an element. The key entry area

app

remainder of the operation is the

same as that of Define Element Ope

cursor

is

considered

to

be

on

the mark

if

the cursor

is

on

the

ast

on

the

four characters

which

follow.

You can also duplicate any element

while changing the element except t

record on a page layout. From the

Change Element screen, press the F13

element)

key. The Repeat Element screen

will

be

displayed.

On

the

Repeat

Element

screen

you

can

specify

the

position

of

the

fi

the

element

name, the

direction

of

the

repetitions,

the

number

of

rep

and down, and the distance across

and down from one element to the ne

additional information on the Repeat element function, see

the

help

tex

Repeat

element

screen.

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