Printronix LQH-HWTM manual Create

Create

Create

Purpose Places the IGP in the Create Form mode, where forms and form elements can be defined using the appropriate commands.

Mode NORMAL

Format (cc)CREATE; [/]formname [;FL] [;DISK]

(cc)The Special Function Control Code.

CREATE The Create Form mode command; enter CREATE.

/The optional debug character to check the program line by line for incorrect parameters and print boundaries using the current page size; enter the slash symbol (/) to debug the program. No checks are made until the completed program is sent to the IGP for storage (when the form is executed by printing the file with the IGP program). Then the form name is entered into the directory, and the program is evaluated. If errors are detected, the program will print, line by line (including the error on the line where the error occurs), followed by the error-free sections of the form. Correct all errors and delete the slash. Refer to “Solving Program Errors” on page 248.

formname	Defines the form name of the form being created.
	The form name should be no more than 15
	characters in length. Refer to page 24 for a list of
	allowable form name characters. If a form is
	created with the same name as a form already
	existing in memory, the newly created form will
	replace the existing form. All future reference to the
	form (editing, executing, or deleting the form from
	the directory) must be made using the assigned
	name.
FL	The optional forms length parameter to specify the
	maximum length of the form. (Form length cannot
	exceed the physical length of the page). Specify the
	form length in one of three ways:
	a.	Enter 0 to define a form of unspecified length.
		The form will end after the longest element;
		that is, the form length is automatically
		controlled to contain all elements without extra
		length beyond the longest element. This can
		be used to eliminate wasted paper after
		producing short forms.
	b.	Enter a value for the form length ranging from
		1 through 65,535 to specify the forms length in
		dot rows. (12 dot rows per line = 6 lpi spacing;
		9 dot rows per line = 8 lpi spacing.)

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