Re: APF Printing Starting Help

["Gene Burns" <burns.gene@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dinosaurs STILL roam the earth.  (Look in many IT departments) ;)


On 6/21/07, Buck <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Is there some good documentation somewhere on drawing lines in external
> > printer files somewhere?
>
> When I started with AFP (back when dinosaurs roamed the earth) I just
> used the DDS reference in conjunction with the Printing Redbook.  For
> drawing lines, use the LINE keyword.
>
> The key to understanding AFP is that you aren't limited to drawing from
> the top of the page down to the bottom.  It's perfectly acceptable to
> draw a BOX at the top, another at the bottom, then fill in the headings
> at the top, then the total at the bottom and finally stuff the detail
> lines in the middle.
>
> Read up on POSITION and ENDPAGE.  You can't readily mix absolute (by
> line) and relative (POSITION) on the same page, and you haven't finished
> a page no matter how many lines you've printed until you've done ENDPAGE.
>    --buck
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