Specify the entries in the following order to define a printer file:
Specify at least one record format in each file. The maximum number of record formats in a printer file is 1024. The maximum number of fields in any one record format is 32 767. The maximum combined length of all named fields and indicators in a record format is 32 767 bytes.
You can find an explanation of file level, record level, and field level in Introduction to DDS Reference. You can find a complete printer file example in Appendix B, Examples of DDS for Each File Type.
You can find syntax rules for specifying DDS keywords in DDS Syntax Rules.
Figure 297 shows a printer file coding example.
Figure 297. Printer File Coding Example
|...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7....+....8 00010A* PRINTER FILE CODING EXAMPLE 00020A* 00030A R TITLER SKIPB(3) 00040A FLD1 40 47SPACEA(2) UNDERLINE 00050A 30 FLD2 40 47SPACEA(2) UNDERLINE 00060A* 00070A R AUTHORR 00080A 66'by' 00090A FIELD1 40 47SPACEB(1) 00100A 50DFT('Task Force I') 00110A 31 SPACEA(1) 00120A 31 65'and' 00130A 31 FIELD2 40 47 00140A* 00150A R PUBR SKIPB(58) 00160A 47'Published by Department' 00170A DEPT 3 0 +1 00180A 47DATE EDTCDE(Y) 00190A SPACEB(1) 00200A N15 00210AO 32 33 34 47TIME 00220A SPACEB(1) A
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