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 “Troubleshooting syntax errors” section in the
HFDL Release
Notes
.
The “Comparison of HFDL and FDL” 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
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