Xerox Printer Using Hfdl commands, Creating forms with Hfdl commands, Available specifications

3. Using HFDL commands

You use the Host Forms Description Language (HFDL) keyword commands to translate your form design into a format for the host computer. The command set representing your form becomes the Forms Source Language (FSL), which the host compiles and stores. You can download the compiled form to a Xerox LPS or XES printer. This chapter describes the HFDL commands and their functions.

Creating forms with HFDL commands

The HFDL command language syntax is usually the same as the Forms Description Language (FDL) command language syntax. You should be familiar with the FDL commands and how to use them at the printer.

For more information on FDL commands and printer usage, refer to the Xerox Laser Printing Systems Forms Creation Guide and the ªTroubleshooting syntax errorsº section in the HFDL Release Notes.

The ªComparison of HFDL and FDLº appendix in this manual compares the commands for HFDL 2.1D, HFDL 3.1, HFDL 3.2, and FDL.

Available specifications

The HFDL commands allow you to specify the following features:

·Form name identifies the forms you are developing.

·Page orientation specifies a page as portrait or landscape.

·Font selection specifies the fonts you want to use.

·Vertical and horizontal grid positions specify grid position and position form elements in line printer measurements (line number and character position) or inches, centimeters, dots, and xdots.

·Highlight and full color enhance graphs, charts, forms, and other publications.

·Shading mixes color with black to produce shades of a primary color (red, green, or blue).

·Caption position specifies locations of captions on a page or selects automatic placement within a specified area.

·Logo and graphic position specifies the location of selected logos and graphics on a page.

HOST FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE 3.2 FOR IBM MVS CREATING FORMS 3±1