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Graphics
You can include graphics data (GDF format) that resides in a physical file member
| or a PC document in a folder. You can refer to the graphics element by its file
| name and member name or by its folder and document name and specify a print
position and the size to define it by two diagonally opposite corners as an element.
Record Layout
A record layout is a function of a PFD definition. You can define the above
elements in a record using the Print Format Utility and can treat the set of these
elements as one record layout. In a page layout, a record layout is defined as an
element.
Defining Elements on the Design Display
You can define elements on the following three displays:
The Design Overlay display
This display allows you to design an overlay that contains text elements, line
elements, box elements, bar code elements, page segments, and graphics
elements.
To go to the Design Overlay display, do the following:
1. On any display with a command line, type STRAFPU and press Enter.
2. On the Advanced Function Printing Utilities menu, select option 1 (Work
with source overlays) and press Enter.
3. The Work with Source Overlays display shows the list of source overlays in
a source overlay file. If you want to use another source overlay file or
library, type the name for the
Library
prompt and the
File
prompt in the
upper part of the display, and press Enter.
4. On the Work with Source Overlays display, do one of the following:
– To create a new source overlay, type 1 (Create) in the
Opt
column and
a new source overlay name in the
Source overlay
column on the first
line in the list and press Enter to create a new source overlay.
– To change an existing source overlay, type 2 (Change) in the
Opt
column and a source overlay name for the
Source overlay
column in
the first line in the list or type 2 in the
Opt
column beside the source
overlay you want to change in the list, and press Enter.
5. On the Create Source Overlays display or Change Source Overlay display,
type 1 (Select) beside the
Design Overlay
option in the action list, and
press Enter.
6. The Design Overlay display appears.
The Design Record Layout display
This display allows you to design a record layout which is a function of a PFD
definition. The record layout contains text elements, line elements, box
elements, bar code elements, page segments, and graphics elements. The
text elements, box elements, bar code elements, page segments, and graphics
can be fixed data or variable data (contain field names from a database file).
The Design Page Layout display
This display allows you to design a page layout which is a function of a PFD
definition. The page layout contains text elements, line elements, box
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