PAGEDEF Command
PAGEDEF name [COMMENT ' qstring'…]
[WIDTH {8.3 IN | n [unit]}]
[HEIGHT {10.8 IN | n [unit]}]
[LINEONE x-pos y-pos]
[DIRECTION {ACROSS | DOWN | BACK | UP}]
[REPLACE {NO | YES}]
[PELSPERINCH n]
[TOPMARGIN n [IN | MM | CM | POINTS | PELS]]
[BOTMARGIN n [IN | MM | CM | POINTS | PELS]]
[LEFTMARGIN n [IN | MM | CM | POINTS | PELS]]
[RIGHTMARGIN n [IN | MM | CM | POINTS | PELS]]
[SOSIFONTS sbcs-font , dbcs-font]
[UDType {EBCDIC | ASCII | UTF8 | UTF16}]
[RECIDLEN 10 | n] ;
- Note:
- The LINEONE subcommand is valid only for traditional page definitions.
- The TOPMARGIN, BOTMARGIN, LEFTMARGIN, and RIGHTMARGIN subcommands are valid only for record format and XML page definitions.
- If UDType is not specified:
- For traditional and record format page definitions, there is no default value. This means that no data type information is added to the page definition.
- For XML page definitions, the default value depends on the platform: EBCDIC for z/OS or ASCII for Windows.
- The RECIDLEN subcommand is valid only for record format page definitions.
A page definition is a resource used to define how data is formatted on a logical page. When generated by PPFA, a page definition is stored as a resource in the page-definition library. This command's subcommands allow you to use the page definition with the Record Format line data.
This command must be specified when you define a page definition. All PAGEDEF subcommands are optional; defaults are assumed.
For traditional page definitions only: Values assigned within the subcommands or the default values become the values for any PAGEFORMAT subcommand not specified. REPLACE is not a PAGEFORMAT subcommand, so its default is not carried forward.
- PAGEDEF
- Identifies the page definition to be used with the print job.
- name
- Defines an alphanumeric name of 1 to 6 characters for the page definition. When page definitions are generated, PPFA assigns the prefix ‘P1’ to this name as the external resource name.