Intermate i5, AS/400, iSeries manual Appendix H Commands in Spooled Files, Command line Overview

Appendix H - Commands in Spooled Files

The system contains a command interpreter. This means you have a possibility of inserting command lines as a part of the print out.

When InterForm400® identifies a command line, the system will execute the command instead of just printing it.

A command line is a line, where the first two positions contain a command specification.

The command recognition characters <&&’ are normally used. A special command can change these characters into something else.

The requirement for the commands in the spool file to take effect is that the spool file is merged with an InterForm400 overlay e.g. in Auto Forms Control. The overlay used for the merge, do not need to contain any format definitions, i.e. the line spacing, font selection, rotation etc. can be set to *INPUT.

INPEL is an abbreviation of Inches and Pels, and must be written with preceding zeros e.g. 03120 indicates 3½ inch.

G NOTE G

The only command line supported for PDF output is &&IMG. Refer to page 392.

Command line Overview :

Command	Position	Contents	Description
BOX	1 - 2	<&&’	Draws a frame of which the upper
	3 - 5	<BOX’	and lower borders are defined
	6 - 6	sign (+/-) top border	relatively to the top edge of the
	7 - 11	upper border distance to edge INPEL	paper, and the left and right
	12 - 12	sign (+/-) left border	borders are defined relatively to left
	13 - 17	left border distance to edge INPEL	edge of the paper.
	18 - 18	sign (+/-) right border
	19 - 23	right side distance to edge INPEL	IN indicates measurement in
	24 - 24	sign (+/-) bottom border	inches.
	25 - 29	distance bottom border to edge INPEL	PEL indicates measurement in
	31 - 33	line width PPP (0-31)	Pels.
	35 - 35	round/sharp corners (R S)	Leading zeros must be filled in.
	37 - 38	pattern for filling
	39 - 39	sign (+/-) move right	If a distance is stated without a
	40 - 44	move right INPEL	leading sign the distance is
	45 - 45	sign (+/-) move down	calculated relative to the paper
	46 - 50	move down INPEL	edge. If a sign (+/-) is stated, the
	52 - 54	number of moves	distance will be calculated
			according to the base line of the
			current line.
			If position 39-54 is filled in, the
			frame will be repeated as many
			times as stated in position 52-54.

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