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<snip>Don't know if you are using the afp design tool, or just dds print file code.</snip> Were are going to be using an overly created in a program like Word or Quark. Sounds like I might have to spend a day playing with it. I am downloading the redbook as I write this. Will this book be a good help then? Mike Wills IT Corporate Support MNWills@taylorcorp.com -----Original Message----- From: Jim Franz [mailto:franz400@triad.rr.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 8:41 PM To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com Subject: Re: Overlays on a Report Don't know if you are using the afp design tool, or just dds print file code. I just finished my first set of forms with logos and signature. What I learned is either from this list and the Printing V redbook. This is a clip from the print file A* NEED HEADER TO SET TOP OF FORM BEFORE LOGO AND SIGNATURE A R HEADER SKIPB(1) FONT(2304 (*POINTSIZE 9)) A R LOGO PAGSEG(LOGO1 0.0 0.4) A R SIGN PAGSEG(SIGN2 6.9 0.0) A R LINE01 SKIPB(4) FONT(2304 (*POINTSIZE 9)) A* NAME/ADDRESS A @BLDAD1 30 62SPACEA(1) A @BLDAD2 30 62SPACEA(1) A @BLDAD3 30 62SPACEA(1) A @BLDAD4 30 62SPACEA(1) A @BLDAD5 30 62SPACEA(5) A* NAME UNDER LOGO A @BLDNOT 40 2FONT(2305 (*POINTSIZE 19)) The compile overrides were devtyp(*afpds) lpi=8 pagsiz=88 It just took a lot of experimenting to get logo in right place. The pgm did the "write"s of the HEADER to set top of page, then the LOGO, then SIGN (even though it is at lower end of page) then LINE01 which is all the detail. I printed the Font chart in the "OS/400 Printer Device Programming V4R4" manual in appendix 4.5.12.1 I used typographic fonts (variable height, measured in points). I did create a print file that used about 50 fonts so I could see them printed. Having just gone thru this - good luck, and have lot's of patience. hth jim franz ----- Original Message ----- From: Wills, Mike N. (TC) To: Midrange Mailing List Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 5:58 PM Subject: Overlays on a Report Okay, this is new territory for me, so bear with me here.... For a upcoming project we will be using a overlay for one or two reports and I have been assigned the task of figuring out how to do this. I know what needs to be done to create the overlay, what I don't know is how to design the report to use the overlay. Do I create the printer file laid out like I am printing on preprinted forms? Or do I do something different? Is there any good tricks I should know before laying out the report? Any help on saving me time will be greatly appreciated. Mike Wills IT Corporate Support MNWills@taylorcorp.com Phone: (507) 386-3187 +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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