The Create A New Text (Block) Field dialog is used to add new text block fields to your format.  When editing an existing text block field, an exact duplicate dialog called Edit A Text (Block) Field is displayed instead.


Properties


Name and Description

  • Field Name - Text Blocks print static information only.  With that in mind, they will always default to *HEADING.
  • Browse... - 
  • Field # - An automatically assigned number for the field.  This is an internally used number for list ordering and field identification.
  • Description - 



Text Block Position

  • Row Start - 
  • Row End - 
  • Row Offset - 
  • Column Start - 
  • Column End - 
  • Number of Rows - 



Font

  • Font - 
  • Point - 




Font


Font Properties

  • Color - 
  • Alignment - 
  • Style -
  • Character Gap (Dots) -  



Strikethrough

  • Strikethrough - 
  • Offset - 
  • Color - 



Rotation Values

  • Field Rotation - 
  • Character Rotation - 



Field Editing

  • Edit Code - 
  • Check Digit - 



Positioning Properties

  • Height - 
  • Width - 
  • Magnify Height - 
  • Magnify Width - 




Display


Field Increment

  • Increment Type - 
  • Increment Value - 



Spooled Data Position

  • Spool Line - 
  • Spool Column - 



Field Prompting

  • Key File - 
  • Library - 
  • Prompt - 
  • Prompt Program - 
  • Library - 



Fields Linking to this Field

  • Fields - Since Text Block cannot be linked to, this value is unused.




Text Block Data


  • Key - 
  • Number of Characters - 
  • Number of Rows - 
  • Data - 



Text Block Attribute

  • Text - 
  • Font/Style - 
  • Font - 
  • Point - 
  • Add - 
  • Delete -