Field Name Description Text data Specify your text data in this field. Text data can be up to 203 bytes in length. If you need to enter or update text data that is more than 203 bytes in length, you have to define it as multiple box elements or with text elements. For a record layout of the printout format definition (PFD definition), you can enter a variable data field as † &<field name>. † . You can see the list of fields and select one of them by placing the cursor in the Text data prompt and pressing the F4 key. You can also specify reserved variable data in a record layout and a page layout, and summary data in a page layout. See “Chapter 10. Work with PFD Definitions” on page 143 for more information. You can specify two or more lines of text for text data in a box element. They are formatted according to the values specified for the Format and Text placement prompts. To specify multiple lines of text, you need to enclose each line of text with two apostrophes and one or more blanks between two apostrophes as follows: 'ABC' 'DEF' This means that the first line is ABC and the second line is DEF$_{.}$ To specify apostrophes (’) in multiple-line text, specify two apostrophes for an apostrophe as follows: 'Tom''s cap' 'Jane''s car' ---> Tom's cap Jane's car Format Specifies the printing direction of the text. Specify one of the following values: Horizontal Characters are printed from left to right. Vertical Characters are printed vertically from top to bottom. Vertical lines of text are printed from left to right. Vertical, right to left Characters are printed vertically from top to bottom. Vertical lines of text are printed from right to left, as the Japanese traditional way of formatting. This choice appears when you are using a DBCS file. This option does not appear when the system is not DBCS capable. See 262 or “Appendix B. Rotation, Format, and Shading Pattern in Box” on page 419 for examples of formatting. Notes: 1. Not all printers support the vertical format. You are not allowed to enter 2 (Vertical) or 3 (Vertical right to left) if the printer does not support the vertical format. 2. To use 2=Vertical or 3=Vertical right to left, you should be aware of the following: v If your printer type is 1, you can not use these formats. v If your printer type is 2 or 3, you must specify font type 2 or 3. v If your printer type is one of the others, there are no restrictions. 258 AFP Utilities for iSeries: User’s Guide