Specifications

Designing Formats

Adding a Line Field

Adding a Line

Field

Field Name Comment

Horizontal

Position

Vertical Position Enable Printing Orientation Angle Line Thickness

Line Length Shape Fill Pattern Gray Level

Adding a Line Field

To add a line field click on the Add Line Field icon located on the Drawing toolbar

or choose Insert | Line Field from the menu bar.

The line's width can be as large as the format width. The line's height can be as

large as the format height.

You can now use the mouse button to move the pointer to the proper position on

the format or you can use the arrow keys. Since a line is treated as though it is a

rectangle, you may actually move to either the upper left corner or any of the

other three corners of the area to be occupied by the line. When the pointer is

properly positioned, the following message will now appear:

Move to LOWER RIGHT CORNER of the line.

Press and hold the mouse button or press ENTER when done.

You can now use the mouse button to move to the opposite corner of the area for

the line or you can use the arrow keys. A solid rectangle will display the area as

you use the arrow keys to expand or contract the area. When you have expanded

the rectangle to the proper size, release the mouse button or press ENTER.

The completed line will be added to the format and shown on the format display.

Angled Lines are supported on some printers.

For printers that support shaded lines, you will be presented with the Create Line

Field Specification screen. Each of the specification screen items are described

below:

Field Name

A name to associate with the field. Can be up to 32 characters long. The name is

necessary if you will be recording the value of this field in a format tracking report,