Intermate iSeries Stepper Machine User Manual


 
62 User’s Manual for InterForm400
®
+ Opens up for Extended Adjustement for definition of
Underline of text in the tabulator and/or lines of periods
(known as punctuation or dot leaders) made after each
line of the tabulator. The following options appear when +
is entered:
Adjustment: The adjustement of the underlined or
punctuated lines. Values U, L, C, R or N
acording to the above
Underline: Underlining of text in the tabulator
(spaces are not underlined).
Punctuation
Length: If the last position of a line in the tabulator,
defined by the second Input Position field, is a
period sign, a line of punctuation will be
printed. The punctuation will start after the last
printable character, and end at the position
(inches,pels) stated in this field counting from
the position stated in From Left. Only
Adjustment values U and L can be used. No
punctuation will be made if other values are
used, if no period sign is found or if the text
exceeds the punctuation length.
Font: The new font of the formatted text.
Condition: An optional set of values used if the tabulator should be executed
on a certain condition.
Position: Only activate the tabulator If a character string in the interval of
lines defined by the Tabulator matches this character string
according to the following condition.
Is >=<N Only run tabulator if this following field contains a text string or a
number which match one of the following valid operators:
> Greater than a number entered in the following field
= Equal to a number or a text string (case sensitive) or a
number entered in the following field.
< Less than a number entered in the following field
N Not equal to a number or a text string (case sensitive) or
a number entered in the following field.
A Acceptable characters. All the characters in marked
interval must be one of the characters in the following
field.
U Unacceptable characters. None of the characters in the
marked interval must be one of the characters in the
following field.
(See page 66 for a tip on use of ‘>’ and ‘<‘)
Blank After: Stating B will remove the text string or the number which has
been used for the condition from the resulting print out.
F18: With the Tabulator the function is relevant for displaying the spool
entry in order to determine lines and columns for the tabulator.
F18 prompts the command DSPSPLF with the job information
used for merge in option 3. Merge spool entry with overlay
(page 117). Pressing F18 will only work if this merge has been
done prior to entering this menu.