USING HFDL COMMANDS

Examples

Long form:

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There is no short form.

SECTION command

Use the SECTION command when a form consists of identical blocks of commands. You can save time by defining one section and then repeating it at the locations you want.

You can also use this command to define an entire form as a section. Within the section, you can use any other command, statement, or specification except another SECTION command, DO SECTION command, FORM command, or END command.

Figure 3±19 shows the SECTION command syntax flow.

Figure 3±19. SECTION command syntax

SECTION

name

;

BEGIN

 

 

 

LINE COMMAND

END

SECTION

;

BOX COMMAND

ENDSECTION

 

 

 

 

TEXT AT COMMAND

 

 

 

TEXT IN BOX COMMAND

 

 

 

GRAPHIC COMMAND

 

 

 

LOGO COMMAND

 

 

 

GRID COMMAND

 

 

 

INTERWORD COMMAND

 

 

 

DOT LEADER COMMAND

 

 

 

COLUMN COMMAND

 

 

 

LET COMMAND

 

 

 

Parameter name specifies the name of the SECTION you want to use to invoke the SECTION command. You may define and invoke more than one section, but you must terminate each section with the command END SECTION or ENDSECTION before you define another section. Do not use a reserved word or keyword as a section name. name is a maximum 16-character string.

Default None.

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