Xerox FreeFlow manual Message command points to note, Message command example

Specifying print format parameters

MESSAGE OTEXT: • Multiple line messages may be specified for a single copy by

points to note one of the following methods:

–Specifying the copy number more than once in different OTEXT parameters

–Specifying a list of string constants contained in a second level of parentheses.

•A maximum of 395 messages is permitted per report.

MESSAGE command: points to note

•You can use the # sign as a case toggle to switch between upper- and lowercase when entering the messages.

•Messages may be entered in hexadecimal, octal, ASCII, H2, H6, or EBCDIC. You must enter an apostrophe (‘) followed by the appropriate letter for the language. (If there are no introductory symbols, the message defaults to EBCDIC.) Refer to the “Types of string constants” table in the “PDL principles and procedures” chapter for further information.

MESSAGE command example

The following MESSAGE command informs the operator that blue paper is required for copy 2 of a 4 copy report. Printing is suspended at the appropriate points so that the operator can load the paper.

OUTPUT	COPIES= 4;
MESSAGE	OTEXT= ('LOAD BLUE PAPER',2,WAIT),
	OTEXT=	('LOAD WHITE	PAPER',3,WAIT),
	OTEXT=	((‘LAST COPY	DONE’, ‘RELOAD STANDARD PAPER’),
		END, WAIT);

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