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At the Bottom

You can add lines to the bottom of the panel by pressing PF10(SCROLL TOP), backtab, and PF12 (INPUT) consecutively. You can also use the INPUT command. The following example illustrates the use of the INPUT editing command to add lines at the bottom of the panel.

First, type the INPUT command on the command line. Next, place the cursor on the bottom line of the layout and press the Enter key.

=>INPUT
=>
=>
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IDEAL: PANEL LAYOUT NULL         PNL ADRMPNL1 (001) TEST      SYS: DOC  FILL‑IN
 Start ¬   End ;   New +  Rep @   Del *   Move >   Copy ¢   Dest !   Width  80
........1.........2.........3.........4.........5.........6.........7.........8
==================================  T O P  ====================================
     ¬ORDER#¬______¬CUSTOMER #¬____¬ORDER DATE¬________;

     ¬EMPLOYEE NAME¬____________________________________;

     ¬ADDRESS¬__________________________________________;

     ¬QTY; ¬ITEM NO; ¬ITEM DESC;     ¬PRICE;   ¬AMOUNT;

     ¬___; ¬_______; ¬_____________; ¬_______; ¬_______;
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Entering the INPUT command with the cursor on the bottom line of the layout causes PDF to insert null‑filled lines at the bottom of the layout to fill the region. In blank‑fill mode, blank lines are inserted and retained for the entire editing session. The bottom line of the panel is retained with the display as a context line as shown in the following example:

=>
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IDEAL: PANEL LAYOUT NULL        PNL ADRMPNL1 (001) TEST      SYS: DOC   FILL‑IN
 Start ¬   End ;   New +  Rep @   Del *   Move >   Copy ¢   Dest !   Width  80
........1.........2.........3.........4.........5.........6.........7.........8
     ¬___; ¬_______; ¬_____________; ¬_______; ¬_______;





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In this example, six null‑filled lines were entered at the bottom of the layout and retained by placing a space on each of them. On a seventh line a new field, PHONE NUMBER, was added to the layout. Any unused null‑filled lines inserted by the INPUT command are deleted when you press the Enter key. Any blank lines at the bottom of the panel are deleted when the editing session is terminated. You can use the SCROLL TOP command to display the layout from the first line.

=>
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IDEAL: PANEL LAYOUT NULL        PNL ADRMPNL1 (001) TEST      SYS: DOC   FILL‑IN
 Start ¬   End ;   New +  Rep @   Del *   Move >   Copy ¢   Dest !   Width  80
........1.........2.........3.........4.........5.........6.........7.........8
==================================  T O P  ====================================
     ¬ORDER#¬______¬CUSTOMER #¬____¬ORDER DATE¬________;

     ¬EMPLOYEE NAME¬____________________________________;

     ¬ADDRESS¬__________________________________________;

     ¬QTY; ¬ITEM NO; ¬ITEM DESC;     ¬PRICE;   ¬AMOUNT;

     ¬___; ¬_______; ¬_____________; ¬_______; ¬_______;



     ¬PHONE NUMBER¬___¬_______;
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