USING HFDL COMMANDS

Parameters

HORIZONTAL or VERTICAL specifies the text orientation of the

 

text within the box. Do not confuse TEXT alignment with TEXT

 

placement in the box. You can align horizontal text LEFT or

 

RIGHT. You can align vertical text TOP or BOTTOM.

 

SPACED defines the amount of vertical space (in n units) you

 

want a line of text to occupy. If you specify a value (not 0), it

 

replaces the line spacing value of the font being used for this

 

TEXT AT command. All specifications except LPI are actual line

 

height measurements. An LPI value specifies line height in lines

 

per inch. The n units value you specify must be positive. The

 

units are INCHES, CENTIMETERS, DOTS, and XDOTS. You can

 

use two decimal places when you specify inches and centimeters.

 

You can express DOTS and XDOTS only in integers. POINTS

 

specifies that you want the TEXT SPACED in n POINTS (1/72

 

inch).

 

 

 

 

 

ALIGNED specifies that you want the text aligned LEFT, RIGHT,

 

CENTER, TOP, BOTTOM, JUSTIFIED. See the Xerox Laser

 

Printing Systems Forms Creation Guide for alignment examples.

 

The ALIGNED and JUSTIFIED commands including IN COLUMN,

 

are not recommended with the TEXT IN BOX command. These

 

are more appropriate with the TEXT AT command. If you want to

 

use JUSTIFIED IN COLUMN, refer to the ªTEXT AT commandº

 

section for a description of how to use these parameters.

 

FONT n specifies the index number of the font you selected.

 

Refer to the ªFONT commandº section for additional

 

information.

 

 

 

 

 

INK n specifies the index number of the ink color you selected

 

from the ink list to use with a Xerox highlight or full color LPS

 

printer. The specified INK is in effect for this command and not

 

for subsequent TEXT IN BOX commands.

 

 

 

 

IN specifies the position in a box where you want to place the

 

text. There are nine positions as

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOP LEFT

TOP CENTER

TOP RIGHT

 

 

 

LEFT CENTER

CENTER CENTER

RIGHT CENTER

 

 

 

BOTTOM LEFT

BOTTOM CENTER

BOTTOM RIGHT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cy defines the coordinate of the box origin on the y axis. Cx defines the coordinate of the box origin on the x axis.

'text' specifies a text string that displays on the form exactly as you enter it (except for special characters).

DOT LEADER specifies dot leaders you have selected to place between text or to a column boundary. Dot leaders extend the full width of the column you specify in the COLUMN command, unless interrupted by a 'text' string. You can place dot leaders between two text strings and a right boundary previously defined in the COLUMN command. If you place dot leaders between two text strings, the right most text string aligns with the right column boundary.

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