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Chapter 3— Text
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Multiline Commands
Purpose: The Multiline (ML) command allows you to print multiple lines of text
using the same font and line-height.
Format:
{ command } { height }
{ text } { font } { size } { x } { y }
{ data }
“
{ data }
<ENDMULTILINE>
where:
{command}: Choose from the following:
MULTILINE Prints multiple lines of text.
(or ML)
{height}: Unit-height for each line of text. For help, see
Appendix D, “Font Information.”
{text}: Text command (TEXT, VTEXT, etc.). For help,
see “Text Commands” earlier in this chapter.
{font}: Name or number of the font. For help, see
“Resident Font Samples” earlier in this chapter.
{size}: Size identifier for the font. For help, see
“Resident Font Samples” earlier in this chapter.
{x}: Horizontal starting position. For help, see “Label
Coordinate System” in Chapter 1.
{y}: Vertical starting position. For help, see “Label
Coordinate System” in Chapter 1.
{data}: Text to be printed.
< ENDMULTILINE > : Terminates MULTILINE.
(or ENDML)
Example Input:
Input (MULTIL.LBL):
! 0 200 200 210 1
ML 47
TEXT 4 0 10 20
1st line of text
2nd line of text
:
Nth line of text
ENDML
FORM
PRINT