TROUBLESHOOTING
Avoiding boundary line Terminating the shading before reaching the boundary line helps
density problems to avoid line density problems, conserves space in the form file and in the form image buffer, and enhances the appearance of the form.
Figure 4-6. Terminating shading to avoid line density problems
Normal shading using the same coordinates and sizes as the box.
Early shading termination using a smaller box for shading.
Section factors
You can create sections to duplicate identical information on a page. However, you should take into account the form image buffer limitations and potential line density problems whenever you use this feature.
A form that is made up of many sections often takes up more space in the form image buffer than a form created without sections. This occurs because a single long line requires less buffer space than many short lines. When you create a form by invoking defined sections, there is a tendency to begin and end lines at section boundaries, even when they are continuous through a series of sections. This is a much less efficient way to create forms than by taking the long lines out of the sections and drawing them as continuous lines.
A less obvious inefficiency of using the form image buffer may occur when you have a line that switches from solid to dotted and vice versa. The common method of creating this type of line is to draw short segments of solid and dotted lines. This is an inefficient use of the form image buffer even if a SOLID 0 line is drawn first. A SOLID 0 line is useful in saving space in the line tables, but cannot help save buffer space.
To save form image buffer space efficiently, draw a continuous dotted line and overlay a series of short, solid line segments. This technique makes best use of the form image buffer space, but does not reduce the load on the imaging section of the system. Refer to the ªScan line densityº section in this chapter for more information. In a form where there is a problem with exceeding both form image buffer and line density restrictions, you may have to use logos or a specialty form font.
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