II. DATAformTags
Developer handbook DATAformXTension © 1992-2004 www.gassenhuber.de
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Frames and lines
The four Tags {38} up until {41} define the properties of text and picture box frames and lines:
type, width, colour, shade. The arrowheads of lines are defined by the Tag
{58} *E Arrowheads, cf. page: 72.
{38} *L Frame/line style
Frames [1…100; 124…134], lines [0…4; 24…100; 128…133]
With text and picture frames this Tag defines the frame style in relation to the frame style dia-
logue and with lines the line style in relation to the line style dialogue.
Frame styles
By default QuarkXPress has some predefined frame styles; further frame styles can be created
in the frame style editor. The predefined frame styles are called with *L124 up until *L134, the
predefined bitmap boxes for square shapes as well as your own box styles with *L1 up until
*L100.
Example: QuarkXPress offers these five simple frame styles *L124 - *L128:
The following text creates five boxes with the shown frame styles:
¶*T3*L127*l5*y0*Y90*$¶*T3*L126*l5*y100*Y190*$¶*T3*L124*l5*y200*Y290*$¶*
T3*L125*l5*y300*Y390*$¶*T3*L128*l5*y400*Y490*$¶
Line types
The five frame styles in the above example are available as line styles by *L0 – *L4. Prede-
fined are further the lines *L128 – *L133. Self created lines range from *L24 to *L100.
The five above frame styles are created as lines by:
¶*T1*L4*l5*x10*X10*$¶*T1*L1*l5*x20*X20*$¶*T1*L2*l5*x30*X30*$¶*
T1*L0*l5*x40*X40*$¶*T1*L3*l5*x50*X50*$¶
The text creates the following block out of 5 lines:
The right column shows the *L values for the same lines as frame styles.
The easiest way to find out the *L value of a shape is by exporting the related frames/line as
text with DATAformTags.
Frame
*L127
*L124
*L125
*L128
*L126
Line
*L4
*L1
*L2
*L0
*L3
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