User`s manual

IBM 5250 CONTROL CODES

AXIS AX-3 Cobra+ Technical Reference 25

Set Line Spacing (SLS)

Specifies multiple line spacing as the number of half lines to be advanced when one of

the commands New Line, Required New Line, Line Feed, Interchange Record Separa-

tor or Index Return, is performed.

Line Spacing (ls): The number of half lines to advance.

Set Initial Conditions (SIC)

Sets the formatting parameters to their initialization values.

Initialization Set (is): Valid values are:

Set Horizontal Tab (STAB)

Count (nn): Number of bytes following this command plus one.

Format (ff): Valid values are:

Horizontal Tab (ht): Each tab stop is specified by three bytes:

Justify Text Field (JTF)

Specifies justification of a field of text and the horizontal position to which the text is

justified.

Count (nn): Number of bytes following this command plus one.

Right Edge (rere): The horizontal position to which the field is to be justified. The

two-byte value is specified in 1/1440th of an inch and relative to the left margin.

Percent Rule (pr): The percentage rule of justification. The IBM 3812/5219 always

use full justification (100%).

$2B $D2 $03 $09 ls

$2B $D2 $03 $45 is

Value Description

$01 Initialize for Word Processing documents (portrait orientation, FGID 87)

$FF Initialize for Data Processing documents (COR)

$2B $D2 nn $01 ff ht

…ht

Value Description

$00 The tab stop values specify columns relative to the left margin

$01 The tab stop values specify positions in increments of 1/1440th of an

inch relative to the left margin

Byte Description

0 Alignment. This byte is ignored

1,2 Tab stops. A two byte value specifying a tab stop position

$2B $D2 nn $03 rere pr