Markers
Markers have simple and intuitive names. See cookbook reference for detailed list.
Main markers :
Place a paragraph anywhere in the page with @P(...)
You can define its position and its width.
Its perimeter can be bordered by line.
Place a table anywhere in the page with @T(...)
You can define positions of columns, draw horizontal or vertical borders, align cell text to right, add marges inside cells.
Define a font with @F(...)
You can define family font, size , weight (Normal, Bold, Italic), color , reserve this font to a column of a table.
Force a new page with @NP
Force automatic page change by defining top and bottom limits with YUP , YBOT)
Surround a part of text to display it on all pages with @BST , @EST
So you can place headers and footers at any position in your pages.
Place an image bitmap anywhere in the page with @IMG(...,image)
Draw horizontal or vertical lines of any thickness with @LH(...) , @LV(...)
Parameters file
It is an external file where you can define some global parameters and also predefine markers :
examples of parameters :
Define markers paragraph, table or font with all their arguments, and inside your text, call these markers without arguments
This is usefull when using a marker many times : you can be modify it once for all the text.
Main markers :
Place a paragraph anywhere in the page with @P(...)
You can define its position and its width.
Its perimeter can be bordered by line.
Place a table anywhere in the page with @T(...)
You can define positions of columns, draw horizontal or vertical borders, align cell text to right, add marges inside cells.
Define a font with @F(...)
You can define family font, size , weight (Normal, Bold, Italic), color , reserve this font to a column of a table.
Force a new page with @NP
Force automatic page change by defining top and bottom limits with YUP , YBOT)
Surround a part of text to display it on all pages with @BST , @EST
So you can place headers and footers at any position in your pages.
Place an image bitmap anywhere in the page with @IMG(...,image)
Draw horizontal or vertical lines of any thickness with @LH(...) , @LV(...)
Parameters file
It is an external file where you can define some global parameters and also predefine markers :
examples of parameters :
PAGEHEIGHT=y | Page height. |
YBOT=y | bottom limit to force a new page |
YUP=y | Top position after new page is forced |
ISOLATIN=n | Extended LATIN ANSI n = 1 : west european languages n = 2 : east european languages |
... |
Define markers paragraph, table or font with all their arguments, and inside your text, call these markers without arguments
This is usefull when using a marker many times : you can be modify it once for all the text.