InterForm Manual - System & Method

How the sequence lines in overlay design are executed
The execution order is of the sequence lines is depending on the type of the line. They are
executed in this order:
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1st. Frames, Lines, Text (option 5), Print-info, Ink, Images, PCL-files, HP/GL-files and
Suboverlays.
2nd. 9=Remap Window
3rd. ?=If..Then
Last 8=Tabulator
Normally it is not necessary to remember this order, but when you mix them you could get a
problem: If you specify to blank out remapped text by use of option 9=Remap Window, then
you cannot use the text for a condition in If..Then. This can be solved by not blanking out the
text in the Remap Window and instead insert an 8=Tabulator to tabulate the text out of the
page after the If..Then has been executed.
If you have several ?=If..Then lines, remapping the same line(s), then only the last condition
met will have the lines remapped. The other conditional overlays are executed, but no lines are
transferred.
� WARNING �
A deviation from the rules above are seen if you transfer 2 or more lines to a sub-overlay by
use of If..Then. The second and following lines are transferred first - even before any Remap
Windows in the main overlay are executed.
� NOTE �
Ink lines in the main overlay will have no effect in conditioned sub-overlays (called by
If..Then).
� NOTE �
If you use absolute positioning for the sub-overlay called by If..Then you will notice this:
Tabulators in the sub-overlay are unaffected by the positioning of the sub-overlay.
Remap Windows in the sub-overlay add the vertical position specified in the If..Then
command whereas the horizontal position is ignored.
� TIP �
Regarding design of Zebra overlays: If you want to insert text, frames or images in reverse
i.e. white on black background you can do it by first adding a frame with black filling (=pattern)
and then place the text or image on top of the black frame (without specifying white in an Ink
command). In this manner you reverse the part of the text or image, that overlaps the black
frame.