Xerox Printer manual Setting up your form, Understanding the command syntax flow charts

USING HFDL COMMANDS

produces 65°. No mapping or translation is done to these characters.

You can substitute the exclamation point (!) with any other character by using the LITERAL operand at the COMPILE command. Refer to the "Command Syntax" section in the "Managing and printing sample forms" chapter for information on how to use this operand.

·Special characters print only if you type them twice in succession. For example, `IT''S HERE!!' produces ªIT'S HERE!º in the printed version.

Understanding the command syntax flow charts

Many HFDL statements offer several options. This chapter represents HFDL command syntax in the form of flow charts, which allow you to visualize the main command statement and the way options branch from that statement.

If you want to enter a command in its short form, without options, follow the main command line in the flow chart until you reach a semicolon. Otherwise, follow the branching below the main command line to include any parameters you want.

The main command line contains the required words and operands. Under the command line, or under a branching line, you can use optional words to clarify the command. Parameters that are vertically stacked (one above the other) under the main command line or under a branching line indicate choices for that particular parameter. Ellipses (...) indicate multiple occurrences of the preceding parameter.

Words, characters, or phrases shown in lowercase are variables. Replace these variables with names or values that you have selected.

Setting up your form

Before you enter commands to describe a form, you enter setup commands to specify the following:

·FORM specifies the name and resolution of the form.

·PAPER specifies the paper size.

·LANDSCAPE/PORTRAIT specifies page orientation and virtual page size.

·GRID specifies grid unit and form origin.

·FONTS specifies fonts.

·ICATALOG and PALETTE specifies ink catalog and palette.

·INK specifies inks and colors valid only when using Xerox color printers.

·IRESULT specifies results when objects imaged with different inks overlap on Xerox highlight color printers only.

The name parameter of the FORM command is required. The other commands are optional. If you do not specify the optional

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