IBM AS/400 manual Horizontal, Vertical Right to Left, Data, TheColor

Field Name

Description

Element

Specify

the

element name

in

this

prompt.

An element name is 1 to 4 characters in length. If an elemen

specified

(not blank)

for

an element, the element

mark

is

disp

an asterisk

(*)

followed by

the

element

name. It

is

not

an

a

followed

by

the element type and three-digit sequence

number.

Format

Specifies the

printing

direction

of the

text. Specify

one

of

values:

Horizontal

Characters are printed from left to

right.

Vertical

Characters

are

printed

vertically

from

top

to

bottom.

lines

of

text

are

printed

from left

to right.

Vertical,

right to

left

Characters are printed vertically from

top

to

bottom.

lines of text are printed from right to left, as th

traditional way of formatting. This is the same meaning

Vertical when there is only one line

of

text. This

ch

appears

when you

are

using DBCS

data

in

the

file

fo

you specified Y (Yes)Userforspecifiedthe

DBCS

data

prompt. The

Right

to

Left

option

does

not

apply on

a

non-DBCS

system.

See “Formatting Examples” on page 252 for examples of formatting.

Notes:

1. You can enter only one line of text for a text element. multiple lines of text, use a box element or multiple text

2. Not all printers support the vertical format. You cannot ent (Vertical) or 3 (Vertical right to left) if the printer the vertical format.

3. To

use

2=Vertical

or 3=Vertical

right to

left,

you

shoul

the following:

Ÿ

If

your

printer

type

is

1,

you

cannot

use

these

for

Ÿ

If

your

printer

type

is

2

or

3,

you

must

specify f

ŸIf your printer type is one of the others, no restri

Degree of

Specifies

the degrees of rotation of the text in terms of

rotation

measured

clockwise

from the overlay,

page

layout,

or

record

The default value is 0.

Color

Specifies

the color used to print the

text. The

default

valu

*DEFAULT; the printer default color.

Notes:

1. Not

all

printers

support

color

printing. You

cannot

enter

a

theColor

prompt

if

the

printer

does

not

support

color printi

2. If

the

printer

does

not

support

the color you select, a

or

a

default color is used when

this

text

is

printed. Yo

check

which

colors

are

supported

on

the

printer.

3. To

use

values

other

than

*DEFAULT

and

8=Black,

you

should

be

aware

of

the

following:

Ÿ

Your

printer

type

must

be

1

or

9,

and

your

printer

mu

to

print

the

specified

color.

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