Chapter 9 PGL Commands

Create Form Command (Normal)

This command is used to enter CREATE Form Mode. The command structure for entering CREATE Mode is:

Table 23. Enter CREATE Mode Command

Field

Function

Option/Modifier Selections

 

 

 

 

 

 

￿CREATE

Indicates CREATE Mode.

Enter the current Special Function Control

 

 

Character followed by CREATE.

 

 

 

;Name

Enter the name of the form in this

Form names are allowed a maximum of

 

field.

eight characters. The follownig ASCII

 

 

characters may be used in form names:

 

 

Upper and lower-case A - Z

 

 

(HEX 41 - 5A and 61 - 7A)

 

 

Number 0 - 9 (HEX 30 - 39)

 

 

Dollar sign $ (HEX 24)

 

 

Percent Sign % (HEX 25)

 

 

Dash - (HEX 2D)

 

 

At sign @ (HEX 40)

 

 

Braces { } (HEX 7B and 7D)

 

 

Parens ( ) (HEX 28 and 29)

 

 

Tilde ~ (HEX 7E)

 

 

Single quotes ‘ ‘ (Hex 60 and 27)

 

 

Exclamation point ! (HEX 21)

 

 

Pound sign # (HEX 23)

 

 

Amersand & (HEX 26)

 

 

 

;FL

This parameter sets the Form

Enter 0 to set the Form Length to end

Form Length

Length in three ways:

automatically after the longest element.

 

Automatic form length

Enter a value from 1 - 65,535 dot rows to

 

set the Form Length to a specified amount.

 

Specific form length in dot

 

To compute the desired number of dot

 

rows.

rows multiply length in inches by 72. To set

 

Default form length in dot rows

form length to the default (792 dot rows)

 

(Also see LFORM 6 and LFORM 8

do not enter a value in this field.

 

 

 

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