FMTTEXT Mnemonic - Insert Formatted Text into SYSPRINT Device

Parameter

Description

x

Horizontal location of the upper left corner of the print region, in inches.

y

Vertical location of the upper left corner of the print region, in inches.

w

Width of the print region, in inches.

align

Method of formatting the text. It can be any combination of the values contained in the table below.

h

Height of the print region, in inches.

text$

Text to be formatted. Can include embedded formatting mnemonics (see below)

Value

Name

Description

DEC($0001$)

CENTER

Centers text horizontally.

DEC($0002$)

RIGHT

Right-aligns text.

DEC($0004$)

VCENTER

Centers text vertically. This value must be combined with SINGLELINE.

DEC($0008$)

BOTTOM

Justifies the text to the bottom. This value must be combined with SINGLELINE.

DEC($0010$)

WORDBREAK

Breaks lines between words that extend past the edge of the rectangle specified in the x, y, w, h parameters.

DEC($0020$)

SINGLELINE

Displays text on a single line only. Carriage returns and linefeeds do not break the line.

DEC($0040$)

EXPANDTABS

Expands tab characters (converts any embedded $09$ characters in the text to one or more spaces). The default number of space characters per tab is 8 unless the TABSTOP value is also used.

DEC($xx80$)

TABSTOP

Indicates that a custom tabstop is defined in the high order byte. For example, DEC$(0480$) specifies 4 characters per tab.

DEC($0100$)

NOCLIP

Draws without clipping. Using this setting reduces processing time. It cannot be used with the TABSTOP value.

DEC($0200$)

EXTERNALLEADING

Includes the font external leading in line height. Normally, external leading is not included in the height of a line of text. Cannot be used with the TABSTOP value.

DEC($1000$)

NOSCALE

Do not scale embedded fonts specified with the 'FONT' mnemonic (BBj only). Cannot be used with the TABSTOP value.

Mnemonic

Description

'BB'

Adds the BOLD attribute to the current font.

'EB'

Clears the BOLD attribute from the current font.

'BU'

Begin Underline.

'EU'

End Underline.

'SP'

Standard print, equivalent to 'SCALE'(1,1).

'CP'

Compressed print, equivalent to 'SCALE'(0.5,1).

'EP'

Expanded print, equivalent to 'SCALE'(2,2).

'SCALE'(x,y)

Scales the current font by the specified x and y values.

'BLACK'

Sets text color to black.

'BLUE'

Sets text color to blue.

'GREEN'

Sets text color to green.

'CYAN'

Sets text color to cyan.

'RED'

Sets text color to red.

'MAGENTA'

Sets text color to magenta.

'YELLOW'

Sets text color to yellow.

'WHITE'

Sets text color to white.

'GRAY'

Sets text color to gray.

'RGB'(r,g,b)

Sets text color to the specified color.

'FONT'("name"[,size])

Sets the specified font. The cpi parameter, if specified, is ignored. Note that fonts embedded in 'FMTTEXT' are scaled according to different rules than fonts emitted directly to the SYSPRINT device.

'LF'

Inserts a line feed, equivalent to embedded $0a$ in the text.