Xerox 4450 Forms Creation Manual

37, Xerox 4450 FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE Other character-block orientations are shown in the “Command examples” appendix. TEXT IN BOX Allows you to place text within a box. Syntax direction TEXT SPACED d units PER LINE ALIGNED alignment USING FONT n IN position BOX y …

48, COMPILING AND PRINTING FORMS If an .FSL with multiple forms has one form name which has the same name as another .FSL, this second .FSL will be overwritten when the first is compiled. For example, assume that file A.FSL contains forms X, Y, and Z. When it is compiled, files X.FRM, Y.FRM, …

92, COMMAND EXAMPLES Example 4 AT 4 DRAW 5 LINES FROM 2 TO 4 AND REPEAT HORIZONTALLY EVERY 4; This command specifies five short lines to be drawn, each two grid units long, with each starting point spaced four grid units apart and separated two grid units from the end of the preceding line.…

15, BASIC CONCEPTS Non-imaged elements Elements, such as text and graphics, may begin at the edge of the physical page on two sides, and off the physical page on the top and on the left side (except with 8.5 by 14 inch paper). However, if any part of a printed element begins off the sys…

65, TROUBLESHOOTING Rounding variable data Alignment problems Under certain circumstances, a form and variable data do not align properly, even though it appears that both use the same line spacing. This may be the result of the effects of rounding on the line spacing. As an example, construct a form w…

29, FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE GRID Specifies how far apart to space the horizontal and vertical grid lines. This command also specifies the location of the form origin with respect to the virtual page origin. All FDL commands create and place form elements (lines, boxes, and so on) re…