Database File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Record Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Page Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Record Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Printout Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Mapping Object Name ............................... 98
Printing with Print Format Utility .......................... 99
Operation Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Chapter 8. Getting Started with Print Format Utility ............ 103
|Step 1 - Starting the Print Format Utility ...................... 104
Step 2 - Creating a PFD Definition File ...................... 105
Step 3 - Creating a PFD Definition ......................... 107
|Specifying a Database File ............................ 108
|Designing a Record Layout ........................... 110
Specifying Fixed Text Data .......................... 111
Specifying Variable Text Data from a Database File Record ....... 113
Specifying a Page Segment ......................... 116
Specifying a Bar Code Element ....................... 118
Specifying a Box Element ........................... 119
Specifying a Line Element .......................... 121
Exiting from Design Record Layout ..................... 122
|Designing a Page Layout ............................ 122
Defining Printout Specifications ......................... 126
Exiting from Defining the PFD Definition .................... 127
Step 4 - Printing a Database File ......................... 130
|Step 5 - Ending the Print Format Utility ...................... 131
|Step 6 - Printing the AFP Utilities tutorial ..................... 132
Chapter 9. Starting and Ending the Print Format Utility .......... 135
|Starting the Print Format Utility ........................... 135
Option 11 (Work with PFD definitions) ..................... 136
Option 12 (Work with PFD definition files) ................... 136
Option 13 (Print Database File Member) .................... 136
|Option 14 (Print AFP Utilities tutorial) ..................... 136
|Ending the Print Format Utility ........................... 137
Chapter 10. Work with PFD Definitions .................... 139
Prompts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Showing a PFD Definition List ........................... 142
Selecting a PFD Definition from a List ....................... 142
1=Create PFD Definitions .............................. 143
Define PFD Specifications ............................ 146
Change PFD Specifications .......................... 150
Confirm Delete of Elements ......................... 152
Work with PFD Definition Fonts ......................... 154
Specify Database File .............................. 154
Select Database File .............................. 155
Select Record Format ............................. 156
Specify Break Fields ............................... 157
Design Record Layout .............................. 158
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