FORMS
I FORMS [(parameters)]
Command
I
lines per
page
characters
per line
Sets up forms filter (*FF) parameters.
You can use FORMS to print a form larger or smaller than a
standard-size page.
Before you can use FORMS, you have to SET
*FF
to its filter
program FORMS/FLT and FILTER the printer to *FF. See Appendix
I.
The parameters are:
DEFAULT returns all parameters to their start-up values.
ADDLF issues a Iinefeed after every carriage return.
CHARS
= number sets the number of characters per printed line.
number is 1 - 255.
FFHARD issues a form feed (Top of Form) character instead of a
series of linefeeds.
INDENT
= number sets the number of spaces a line is to be
indented if the line length exceeds CHARS. The default
value for
number
is
0.
LINES = number sets the number of lines to be printed per page.
The default value for
number is 66.
MARGIN
= number sets the left margin.
PAGE
=number sets the physical page size as number of lines.
The default value for
number is 66.
QUERY prompts you for each parameter.
TAB specifies that tab characters are to be translated into the
appropriate number of spaces.
XLATE
=X'
aabb'
specifies a one-character translation to be
performed by the filter.
aa is the character
in
hex format to be translated.
bb
is
the character
in
hex format aa is translated to.
To determine the parameters to set for:
page size multiply form length in inches by the number of lines
per inch.
determine the number of blank lines at the bottom of
every page. The default number of blank lines is
0.
If
LINES
= PAGE, then text can be written on every line
of each page. LINES cannot exceed PAGE.
multiply form width
in
inches by the number of
characters per inch (10 or 12). Use CHARS to set the
maximum number of printable characters per line.
If
a
line
is
greater than CHARS, then TRSDOS
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