Type 1 in the Opt column beside the reserved variable name to select and press the Enter key. The Define Text Detail (or the Define Box Detail) display appears with the selected reserved variable name enclosed with an ampersand (&) and a period (.). The reserved variable name can be concatenated with variable data (field names) or fixed data as follows: Page number: &*PAGNBR. &*DATE.-&*TIME. &COMPANY. is in the record number &*RCDNBR.. To create a PFD definition containing fixed data, define the contents of these elements. They are not affected by the contents of the to be printed. Some examples of using these elements are: The following is a sample of variable data and fixed data in a record layout and a page layout. Note: Reserved variable data is printed in the following format: v The job date is printed with the date format and the date separator defined on the job definition attribute. v The job time is printed with the time separator defined on the job definition attribute. v The page number is printed as eight-digit numeric data. The leading zeros are suppressed with blanks. v The record number is printed as eight-digit numeric data. The leading zeros are suppressed with blanks. Fixed Data: In addition to the data from a database file, data called fixed data can be defined when the PFD definition is created or changed. Any combination of the following elements can be printed as fixed data in a record layout: Text Text with various fonts, underlined or not, color, and so on. Lines and Boxes With various length, width, dashed, dotted, shaded, and so on. Bar Codes For the supported bar code types, see “Bar Code” on page 227. Images Page segments converted either from PC documents or physical file members. Graphics The graphics data (GDF format) that reside in a physical file member or a PC document in a folder. Text: Title Lines and Boxes: Box Images: Logo Table31.FixedDataelements Chapter 10. Work with PFD Definitions 165