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<h1 class="topictitle1">BOX (Box) keyword in printer files</h1>
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<div><p>Use this record-level keyword to print a rectangle.</p>
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<div class="p">The format of the keyword is: <pre>BOX(first-corner-down | &first-corner-down-field
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first-corner-across | &first-corner-across-field
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diagonal-corner-down | &diagonal-corner-down-field
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diagonal-corner-across | &diagonal-corner-across-field
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line-width | &line-width-field
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[color value]
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[shading])</pre>
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<p>The first-corner-down, first-corner-across, diagonal-corner-down, and diagonal-corner-across
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parameters define the diagonal corners of the box. All are required parameters.</p>
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<div class="p">You can specify the corner position parameters as constants,
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program-to-system fields, or a combination of both, as shown in the following
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lines: <ul><li>BOX(1.2 0.5 5.1 6.3 0.2)</li>
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<li>BOX(1.2 &field2 5.1 &field4 0.2)</li>
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<li>BOX(&field1 &field2 &field3 &field4 0.2)</li>
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<p>The first-corner-down parameter defines the vertical starting point of
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the BOX relative to the margins specified on the FRONTMGN or BACKMGN parameter
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of the CRTPRTF command. Valid values are 0 to 57.790 cm (0 to 22.750 in.).</p>
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<p>When you specify the first-corner-down parameter as a program-to-system
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field, the field must exist in the same record format as the BOX keyword.
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It must be defined as length of 5 with 3 decimal positions, data type S (character),
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and usage P (program-to-system).</p>
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<p>The first-corner-across parameter defines the horizontal starting point
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of the BOX relative to the margins specified on the FRONTMGN or BACKMGN parameter
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of the CRTPRTF command. Valid values are 0 to 57.790 cm (0 to 22.750 in.).</p>
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<p>When you specify the first-corner-across parameter as a program-to-system
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field, the field must exist in the same record format as the BOX keyword.
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It must be defined as length of 5 with 3 decimal positions, data type S (character),
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and usage P (program-to-system).</p>
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<p>The diagonal-corner-down parameter defines the vertical end point of the
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BOX relative to the margins specified on the FRONTMGN or BACKMGN parameter
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of the CRTPRTF command. Valid values are 0 to 57.790 cm (0 to 22.750 in.).</p>
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<p>When you specify the diagonal-corner-down parameter as a program-to-system
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field, the field must exist in the same record format as the BOX keyword.
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It must be defined as length of 5 with 3 decimal positions, data type S (character),
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and usage P (program-to-system).</p>
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<p>The diagonal-corner-across parameter defines the horizontal end point of
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the BOX relative to the margins specified on the FRONTMGN or BACKMGN parameter
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of the CRTPRTF command. Valid values are 0 to 57.790 cm (0 to 22.750 in.).</p>
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<p>When you specify the diagonal-corner-across parameter as a program-to-system
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field, the field must exist in the same record format as the BOX keyword.
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It must be defined as length of 5 with 3 decimal positions, data type S (character),
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and usage P (program-to-system).</p>
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<p>The line-width parameter is required and defines the width of the lines.
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Valid values are 0.001 to 57.790 cm (0.001 to 22.750 in.). The following special
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values can also be specified:</p>
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<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" frame="void" border="0" rules="none"><thead align="left"><tr valign="bottom"><th valign="bottom" width="33.33333333333333%" class="firstcol" id="d0e57">Value</th>
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<th valign="bottom" width="66.66666666666666%" id="d0e59">Line width</th>
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<tbody><tr><th valign="top" width="33.33333333333333%" class="firstcol" id="d0e63" headers="d0e57 ">*NARROW</th>
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<td valign="top" width="66.66666666666666%" headers="d0e63 d0e59 ">12/1440 in. (0.008 in., 0.022 cm)</td>
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<tr><th valign="top" width="33.33333333333333%" class="firstcol" id="d0e68" headers="d0e57 ">*MEDIUM</th>
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<td valign="top" width="66.66666666666666%" headers="d0e68 d0e59 ">24/1440 in. (0.017 in., 0.042 cm)</td>
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<tr><th valign="top" width="33.33333333333333%" class="firstcol" id="d0e73" headers="d0e57 ">*WIDE</th>
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<td valign="top" width="66.66666666666666%" headers="d0e73 d0e59 ">36/1440 in. (0.025 in., 0.064 cm)</td>
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<p>When you specify the line-width parameter as a program-to-system field,
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the field must exist in the same record format as the BOX keyword. It must
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be defined as length of 5 with 3 decimal spaces, data type S (character),
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and usage P (program-to-system). The special values of *NARROW, *MEDIUM, or
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*WIDE cannot be specified using a program-to-system field.</p>
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<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Notes:</span> <ol><li>The UOM parameter on the CRTPRTF command determines the units of measure
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for the first-corner-down, first-corner-across, diagonal-corner-down, diagonal-corner-across,
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and line-width parameter values. If the value specified for a parameter is
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outside the valid range, it is flagged when the spooled file is created.</li>
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<li>Depending on printer hardware, lines smaller than approximately 0.004
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in. (0.010 cm) might not print because of printer resolution. No message is
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issued when this occurs.</li>
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<p>The line width is drawn on the inside of the box.</p>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Color</h4><p>The optional color parameter lets you specify
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the color of the lines. Specify the color as an expression in one of the following
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forms:</p>
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<ul><li>Color name method: <samp class="codeph">(*COLOR color-name)</samp></li>
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<li>RGB (red/green/blue) color model: <samp class="codeph">(*COLOR *RGB rvalue gvalue bvalue)</samp></li>
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<li>CMYK (cyan/magenta/yellow/black) color model: <samp class="codeph">(*COLOR *CMYK cvalue
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mvalue yvalue kvalue)</samp></li>
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<li>CIELAB color model: <samp class="codeph">(*COLOR *CIELAB lvalue c1value c2value)</samp></li>
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<li>Highlight color model: <samp class="codeph">(*COLOR *HIGHLIGHT hvalue coverage)</samp></li>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Shading</h4><div class="p">The optional shading parameter lets you
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specify shading for the box. Specify the shading as expression in the following
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form: <pre>(*SHADE coverage color)</pre>
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The shading coverage specifies
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how dark the shading should be. Specify the coverage as an integer from 0
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to 100 that matches the percentage of shading that you want. You also can
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specify one of the following special values: <pre>*XLIGHT
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*LIGHT
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*MEDIUM
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*DARK
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*XDARK</pre>
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The default is *MEDIUM if you do not specify a coverage
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value.</div>
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<div class="p">The color specifies which color you want the
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shading to be. If you do not specify a color, then the color prints with the
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default color of the medium. Specify the color in the same manner as you specify
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the previous line colors on the color parameter. For example, to specify coverage
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and color for shading using the RGB color model, specify as follows: <pre>(*SHADE *MEDIUM (*COLOR *RGB rvalue gvalue bvalue))</pre>
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<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Notes:</span> <ol><li>When you specify box shading with no color or with the basic color model,
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IM1 image is used as the fill pattern. This works best on 240/300/600 pel
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printers. It might produce unsatisfactory results on the 4224, 4234, and 64XX
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printers.</li>
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<li>When you specify box shading with an extended color model (RGB, CMYK,
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or CIELAB), IOCA image is used for the fill pattern. IM1 image does not support
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these color models. The IPDS™ printer must support IOCA image for this to print
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properly.</li>
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<li>When you specify box shading with an extended color model, the following
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monochrome IPDS printers
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support gray scaling when you specify highlight color: <ul><li>Infoprint<sup>®</sup> 60</li>
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<li>Infoprint 62</li>
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<li>Infoprint 2000</li>
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<li>Infoprint 3000</li>
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<li>Infoprint 4000</li>
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These printers must be at ucode level 8.3 or later.</li>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Use the BOX keyword</h4><p>When the BOX keyword is specified
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on a record format, all fields within the record format must be positioned
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using the POSITION keyword.</p>
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<p>An error message is issued if a constant
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field is specified in a record format where the BOX keyword is also specified.</p>
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<p>An
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error message is issued at application run time if the box extends beyond
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the page boundaries.</p>
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<p>Specify DEVTYPE(*AFPDS) on the CRTPRTF command
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when BOX is specified in the file. If DEVTYPE is changed to anything other
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than *AFPDS, the keyword is ignored and a warning message is issued at print
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time.</p>
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<p>You can specify this keyword multiple times on a record.</p>
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<p>You
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cannot specify BOX with the SPACEA, SPACEB, SKIPA, or SKIPB keywords.</p>
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<p>Option
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indicators are valid for this keyword.</p>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Example 1</h4><p>The following example shows how to specify
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the BOX keyword.</p>
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<pre>|...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7....+....8
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A*
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A R BOX1 BOX(1.2 0.5 5.1 6.3 0.2)
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A*
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A R BOX2 BOX(2 5 5.0 3.33 *WIDE)
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A BOX(0.5 0.1 2.1 2.0 0.09)
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A*
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A R BOX3
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A 01 BOX(0 0 8.5 11.0 0.5)
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A*
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A R BOX4 BOX(1.2 0.5 5.1 6.3 0.2 +
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A (*SHADE 50))
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A R BOX5 BOX(2.5 0.5 5.1 6.3 0.2 +
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A (*COLOR *HIGHLIGHT 3 75)
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A</pre>
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<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> The UOM parameter on the CRTPRTF command determines
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the units of measure for the parameter values.</div>
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<p>BOX1 prints a box
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with one corner located 1.2 units down and 0.5 units across from the location
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specified on the margins specified on the FRONTMGN or BACKMGN parameter on
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the CRTPRTF command. The diagonal corner of this box is located 5.1 units
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down and 6.3 units across from the margins specified on the CRTPRTF command.
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The edges of the box are 0.2 units wide.</p>
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<p>BOX2 prints two boxes. The
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first box starts 2 units down and 5 units across from the margins specified
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on the FRONTMGN or BACKMGN parameter on the CRTPRTF command. The diagonal
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corner of this box is located 5.0 units down and 3.33 units across from the
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margins specified on the CRTPRTF command. The edges of the box are determined
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by the special value *WIDE.</p>
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<p>The second box starts 0.5 units down and
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0.1 units across from the margins specified on the FRONTMGN or BACKMGN parameter
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on the CRTPRTF command. The diagonal corner of this box is located 2.1 units
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down and 2.0 units across from the margins specified on the CRTPRTF command.
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The edges of the box are 0.09 units wide.</p>
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<p>BOX3 prints only if indicator
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01 is on.</p>
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<p>BOX4 specifies shading with 50% coverage and default color
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for shading.</p>
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<p>BOX5 specifies to use highlight color 3 (which is determined
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by printer) with 75% coverage.</p>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Example 2</h4><div class="p">The following example shows how to specify
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the BOX keyword. <pre>|...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7....+....8
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*
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R BOX1 BOX(2 3 4 7 0.2)
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*
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R BOX2 BOX(3 5 6 9 0.2)
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*
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*
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<p>The following example illustrates the location of the
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boxes using the DDS code in example 2.</p>
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<br /><img src="rzakd504.gif" alt="An illustration of the results produced by Example 2. BOX1 spans columns
3 through 7 and rows 2 through 4. BOX2 spans columns 5 through 9 and rows
3 through 6." /><br /></div>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzakdmstprkey.htm" title="See the valid keyword entries for defining printer files in this topic.">Keyword entries for printer files (positions 45 through 80)</a></div>
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<div class="relconcepts"><strong>Related concepts</strong><br />
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<div><a href="rzakdmstptcolor.htm" title="Use this field-level keyword to specify the color for a field.">COLOR (Color) keyword in printer files</a></div>
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<div class="relref"><strong>Related reference</strong><br />
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<div><a href="rzakdmstpositn.htm" title="Use this field-level keyword to define the location of a named field on the page.">POSITION (Position) keyword in printer files</a></div>
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