IBM AS/400 manual File List, File Type, Library, Font Generic, Set, Grid

file

description

.

The

description

of

a

file

andfunctionitskey

.

A

keyboard

key

that allows the user to

contents.

select

keyboard functions or programmer functions.

file

list.

Contrast withcharacter .key

A

list

of

files

contained

in

a

library.

file

name .

GDF

(Graphics

Data

Format)

.

Advanced

Function

The

name

used

by

a

program

to

ide

fy

a

can create an AFP resource, such

file. See

labelalso.

Printing

Utilities/400

as

an

electric

overlay

and

the

spooled

file

using

G

file

type.

A

data

type

that

allows

the

program

to

read

.

The library

shipped

with

the

input

and

write

output

in

&pascal..

general-purpose

library

system

that

contains

IBM-provided objects required f

fixed

data .

many

system

functions and

user-created

objects

that

In

AFP Utilities,

an

element

in

the

record

placed

in

a

different

library

wh

are

not

explicitly

layout

and

page

layout that

has

a

constant

value.

QGPL.

Contrast

withvariable

data.

are

created. Named

font .

generic .

Relating

to,

or

characteristic

of,

a

whole

(1) An

assortment

of

characters

of

a

given

size

group

or

class.

and type style. (2) A particular style of type (for

example, Bodini or Times Roman) that contains

generic name

.

(1) The

characters

common

to

object

definitions

of

character

sets,

marker

sets,

and

pattern

be

used

to

identify a group of ob

sets.

names

that

can

A

generic

name

ends

with an asterisk (*). For example,

font

character

set .

ORD*

identifies

all

objects

whose

names

begin

with

t

In AFP

support,

a

font

file

that

ORD.

(2) In

the

hierarchical

file

system,

characters

contains

the

raster

patterns,

identifiers,

and

descriptions

contains

one

or

more

wildcard

of

characters.

path

name

that

characters.

font

ID .

A

number

that

identifies

the

character

style

.

A

character

that

can

be

displayed

and

size

for

certain

printers.

graphic

character

or

printed. Contrastcontrolwith

character.

font

resource

.

A

resource

object

on

the

AS/400

character

set

.

A

set

of

graphic

characters

in

graphic

system

that

is

required

to

print

AFPDS

documents

on

a

page.

a

code

printer. The three types of font resources are

coded

fonts,

character

sets,

and code

pages. The graphics .

(1) In

Advanced

Function

Printing

system-recognized

identifier

for

the

object

ype

is

data

can be placed in a sou

*FNTRSC.

Utilities/400, graphics

overlay,

a

record

layout,

and

a

page

layout.

form

(2) Pictures

and

illustrations.

(3) Pertaining

to

charts,

.

In

AFP

support,

a

physical

sheet

of

paper

on

their

creation.

which data is printed. Synonymous with medium,

tables,

and

physical

page,

and

sheet.

grid .

In

AFP

Utilities,

horizontal

and

vertical

lines

form

definition

printed

on

an

AFP

resource,

such

as

an

electronic

.

An

AFP

resource

object

that

defines

to

help

in

the

design

of

the

AFP

resource.

overlay,

the characteristics of the printed media; for example,

overlays

to

be

used,

text

suppression,

position

of

.

page

equipment,

rather

than programs,

hardware

Physical

data

on

the

form,

and

number

and

modifications

of

a

procedures, rules, and associated information.

page. The system-recognized identifier for the object

type

is

*FORMDF.

hide

function

.

In

AFP

Utilities, a function on the

form

type .

screen

view

used

to

display

elements

hidden

by

oth

A

10-character

identifier,

assigned

by

the

elements

that were specified after the hidden elem

user,

that

identifies

each

type

of

form

used

for

printed

output.

and

in

the same or approximate position as the hidd

elements.

format

.

(1) A

defined

arrangement

of

such

things

as

readable

interpretation.

(HRI)

HRI .

Seehuman

characters, fields, and lines, usually used for displays,

printouts,

files,

or

documents.

(2) The

arrangementhuman readableor

interpretation

(HRI)

.

In

AFP

Utilities,

layout of fields in a record. (3) The arrangementthechaoracters

printed

above

or

below

a

bar

code.

layout

of

data

on

a

storage

medium,

such

asThesedisk,characterstape,

are

read

by

people,

not

by

scann

or

diskette.

IBM

Advanced

Function

Printing

Utilities/400

function . (1) Any instruction or set of relatedVersion 2 . The IBM licensed program that provides instructions that perform a specific operationAFP. functions on the AS/400 system. It is composed of

the following menu-driven interactive utilities: overlay

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