-L Lines Definition
In this tab, you define or modify the name and line number of a label. You can also specify the line skip or a page break after the line at printing.
Label Definition
The -L Lines tab includes a table where you organize the label lines of the Report. It also includes a Label Definition section that becomes available when you create a line or select a line in the table. You can enter information on a selected label either in the definition section or directly in the table. The table contains editable fields. Some other fields display values in a list. When you move your cursor on a value of the list, the label that is associated with the value is displayed in a tooltip.
A contextual menu and buttons are associated with the table. The position of the buttons with the design editors preferences.
The first column of the table can be used to select contiguous or non-contiguous lines. To select contiguous lines, click this column on the first line to select and press the shift key on your keyboard. Then, select the other lines by clicking the last line to select or by using the arrow keys on your keyboard. To select non-contiguous lines, click a line, and then select the other lines by clicking the first column and pressing the ctrl key on your keyboard.
- Label identifier
- Enter the line number on 2 characters maximum. It is advised to leave gaps in the numbering sequence to allow for future line insertions as necessary.
- Page break - Line skip
- This option is used for paging and line spacing upon the generation of the Report layout. A page
break is automatically generated on the first line of the layout.
Table 1. Page break - line skip options Options Comments *: Page skip A page break is generated on the line. 0: Overprinting Overprinting. This value is reserved for type 3800 layouts. It is interpreted as a single-line spacing in the layout description with formatting. 1: One line skip - 9: Nine lines skip Single-line spacing (value 1) to multiple line spacing (value 9 for a skip of 8 lines). 1 is the default value.
- Label
- You can enter or modify the label, whose length is specified in the Report
Definition. Note: The maximum length is 264 characters.
- Font
- This field can be entered only if the option P : printer 3800 with font is selected in the Type field of the Definition. In this case, you must enter the character codes of the font.