Table of contents
Introduction vii
About this manual vii
Contents vii
Conventions viii
Related publications viii
Xerox publications viii
IBM publications ix
1. Overview 1–1
HFDL features 1–1
Prerequisites 1–2
Operating environment 1–2
Hardware requirements 1–2
Software requirements 1–2
Xerox laser printer support 1–2
Centralized printers 1–2
Decentralized printers 1–3
Contrasting HFDL with a typical forms application 1–3
Forms you can create with HFDL 1–4
2. Planning your forms 2–1
Determining format 2–1
Page orientation 2–1
Page frames 2–2
System page 2–2
Physical page 2–3
Virtual page 2–3
Form origin 2–3
Positioning form elements 2–4
Grids 2–5
X and Y coordinates 2–5
Negative coordinates 2–6
Unit value 2–6
Data types 2–6
Forms data 2–6
HOST FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE 3.2 FOR IBM MVS CREATING FORMS iii