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Setting Up and Maintaining Queues
14.6 Using Queue Options
Table 14–3 explains these options in detail.
To change the systemwide default form, enter the DEFINE/FORM command in
the following format:
DEFINE/FORM DEFAULT 0 /qualifier[s]
Example
To change the default bottom margin from 6 to 4, and the page length from 66 to
55, enter this command:
$ DEFINE/FORM DEFAULT 0/MARGIN=(BOTTOM=4)/LENGTH=55
Note
Once a queue or job references a form, you cannot change the stock for
that form. Change the stock of the default form before you create any
queues.
14.6.7.4 Creating a Customized Form
To create a customized form, follow these steps:
1. Enter the DEFINE/FORM command in the following format:
DEFINE/FORM form-name form-number [/qualifiers]
2. Assign a default form for each output execution queue. Use the
/DEFAULT=FORM=type qualifier with INITIALIZE/QUEUE, START/QUEUE,
or SET QUEUE, as explained in Section 14.6.7.5.
If you do not assign a default form to a queue, the queue uses the systemwide
default form.
3. Inform users of the available forms and the queues with which they should be
used. You can, if you like, create symbols to automatically include the form
with the PRINT command; for example:
$ PRINT_REPORT :== PRINT/FORM=REPORT
When you create a form, you can specify any of the qualifiers shown in
Table 14–3.
Table 14–3 DEFINE/FORM Qualifiers
Qualifier Purpose
/WIDTH=n Specifies the width of the paper in characters.
/LENGTH=n Specifies the length of a form page in lines.
/[NO]TRUNCATE Discards characters exceeding the line length specified by
/WIDTH and /MARGIN.
/[NO]WRAP Wraps to the next line the characters exceeding the line length
specified by /WIDTH and /MARGIN.
/MARGIN=(option=n[,...]) Specifies the number of blank spaces for one or more of the
four margin options: BOTTOM, LEFT, RIGHT, and TOP.
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