Xerox Printer manual Positioning form elements, Form element Element origin

HOST FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE

Figure 2±3 shows the location of the form origin of the virtual page in relation to the actual page size.

Figure 2±3. Form origin location

LANDSCAPE PAGE

LANDSCAPE FORM ORIGIN

FORM ORIGIN OFFSET FROM VIRTUAL PAGE

PORTRAIT FORM ORIGIN

	FORM ORIGIN OFFSET FROM VIRTUAL PAGE
PORTRAIT PAGE	VIRTUAL PAGE (USER DEFINED)
	DEFAULT SIZE= ACTUAL PAPER SIZE
	(PHYSICAL PAGE)

Positioning form elements

You can place the following elements on a form with HFDL:

·Boxes

·Fixed text

·Images

·Lines

·Logos and signatures

·Sections.

You locate an element by determining the horizontal (x) and vertical (y) distance from the upper±left corner (origin) of the form. These coordinates (x, y) comprise the origin of the document. The form origin (upper left corner of the page) is always (0,0).

Form element	Element origin
Vertical ruled line	Top of the line at the midpoint of the
	thickness of the line.
Horizontal ruled line	Left end of the line at the midpoint
	of the thickness of the line.
Box (outlined)	Upper±left corner of the box at the
	midpoint of the thickness of the
	outline.
Box (shaded)	Upper±left corner of the box.

2±4 HOST FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE 3.2 FOR IBM MVS CREATING FORMS