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column beside the reserved variable name to select and press
the Enter key. The Define Text Detail (or the Define Box Detail) display appears
with the selected reserved variable name enclosed with an ampersand (&) and a
period (.).
The reserved variable name can be concatenated with variable data (field names)
or fixed data as follows:
Page number: &ᑍPAGNBR.
&ᑍDATE.-&ᑍTIME.
&COMPANY. is in the record number &ᑍRCDNBR..
Note: Reserved variable data is printed in the following format:
The job date is printed with the date format and the date separator
defined on the job definition attribute.
The job time is printed with the time separator defined on the job
definition attribute.
The page number is printed as eight-digit numeric data. The leading
zeros are suppressed with blanks.
The record number is printed as eight-digit numeric data. The leading
zeros are suppressed with blanks.
Fixed Data:
In addition to the data from a database file, data called fixed data
can be defined when the PFD definition is created or changed.
Any combination of the following elements can be printed as fixed data in a record
layout:
Text Text with various fonts, underlined or not, color, and so on.
Lines and Boxes With various length, width, dashed, dotted, shaded, and so on.
Bar Codes For the supported bar code types, see “Bar Code” on page 253.
Images Page segments converted either from PC documents or physical
file members.
Graphics The graphics data (GDF format) that reside in a physical file
member or a PC document in a folder.
To create a PFD definition containing fixed data, define the contents of these
elements. They are not affected by the contents of the database file to be printed.
Some examples of using these elements are:
Text: Title
Lines and Boxes: Box
Images: Logo
The following is a sample of variable data and fixed data in a record layout and a
page layout.
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