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Chapter 13. Design Operation
This chapter describes the following information about the design operation of a
source overlay, a record layout, or a page layout.
The element types that you can define in an overlay, a record layout, or a page
layout
How you define the elements
What you can define with the elements
Element Types
| You can define six elements types in a source overlay, a record layout, and a page
layout. In a page layout, you can also place a record layout as an element.
Text
Text that is specified in an overlay, such as ABCDE, is called a text element. It can
be placed at any specified position on the overlay. Text attributes may also be
specified to describe text characteristics such as font selection, format, and
highlighting by underline, overstrike, and/or color.
Line
A line element is any straight line that connects two points either vertically or
horizontally. You can select the type of line, such as dotted, dashed, or solid, and
line width.
Box
A box element is a rectangle that is defined by two diagonally opposite corners. It
can be placed anywhere on the overlay. You can select the shade pattern inside
the box, the type of box line, either dotted, dashed, or solid, and line width. You
may define text inside the box. Optionally, the text may be justified inside the box.
Bar Code
A bar code element is a set of bars and spaces of various widths created from data
| by IPDS printers or the AFP Utilities for AS/400. It can be placed at any specified
position on the overlay. You can specify the following: bar code data; position to
be placed; type of bar code; and optional attributes such as size, color, whether or
not to print a human-readable interpretation (HRI), or whether or not to include a
check digit.
Page Segment
A page segment is an image in the AFP resource library. When you want to place
| a page segment in an overlay, you must create the page segment using the
| Resource Management Utility or the CRTPAGSEG command. You can refer to this
page segment by its name and specify a print position to define it as an element.
| You can include the same page segment repeatedly in an overlay, a page layout,
| and a record layout.
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