Xerox Printer manual Creating a sample form, Comment Define Titles

4. Creating a sample form

This chapter describes how to create a simple form electronically using the Host Forms Description Language (HFDL). The forms shown in the following figures are examples only and appear smaller than the actual forms.

The steps on the following pages include both long and short forms of commands. The long form of a command may include optional keywords and system default values that you may omit as you become familiar with the forms creation process.

To make the form description easier to read, you can enter a comment before each command. For example, before specifying column headings, you might enter the following:

COMMENT DEFINE TITLES;

The program does not read comments.

You can enter HFDL commands on the same line or you can enter each command on a separate line to make your form description easier to read. You must end each command with a semicolon. Refer to the ªUsing HFDL commandsº chapter for complete information on HFDL commands and their parameters and defaults.

Figure 4±1 shows the landscape form that you can create using the procedures in this chapter.

Figure 4±1.

Sample electronic form

COMPOSITE INVENTORY STOCK STATUS

CAT

ITEM

REOR

REOR

OPEN

VENDOR

STOCK

COMM

SALES

BACK

VENDOR

STOCK

CURRENT

NO

NO

DESCRIPTION

POINT

QTY

STOCK

RECEIPTS

ORDERS

STOCK

ISSUES

ORDERS

RETURNS

TRANSFERS

STOCK

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HOST FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE 3.2 FOR IBM MVS CREATING FORMS 4±1