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Section Rules Summary

The following pages list and explain the various section rules you can use. The rules are discussed in alphabetical order on the pages following this table.

You can also see information about the section rules while using Studio when you select the rule on the Rule Properties window:

Rule Properties

The following table lists the rules discussed in this section.

To…	Use this rule	AFGJOB	Files	INI	Overflow
Add a page break before the system begins processing the current section	PaginateBeforeThisImage	no	no	no	na
Add PDF or TIFF files as bitmap images	AddMultiPageBitmap	no	yes	yes	na
Add sections to the current form set based on conditions in the SETRCPTB.DAT file	SetRecipFromImage	no	yes	no	na
Add TIFF images contained in a single TIFF file to a form set	* AddMultiPageTIFF	no	yes	yes	na
Allow a chart’s series data to be retrieved via reference to variable fields defined on the same section	FieldVarsToChartSeries	no	no	no	na
Check to see if the FAP file is loaded, and if not, load the FAP file	* CheckImageLoaded	no	yes	yes	na
Create a GVM variable from fields in a section	Field2GVM	no	no	no	na
Create a temporary extract list which contains similar records in a transaction	CreateSubExtractList	no	no	no	na
Create custom axis labels for a chart	SetCustChartAxisLabels	no	no	no	na
Define the first section in a group of sections	GroupBegin	no	no	no	yes
Define the last section in a group of sections	GroupEnd	no	no	no	yes
Delete a page from a form set	DontPrintAlone	no	no	no	na
Delete a specific occurrence of a section	DelImageOccur	yes	no	no	na
Execute a DAL script	PostImageDAL	yes	yes	no	na
Execute a DAL script	PreImageDAL	yes	yes	no	na
Get data from extract records and include it as series data in a chart	CreateChartSeries	no	yes	no	na
Identify the segments of sections that can be dynamically split.	CanSplitImage	yes	no	no	na
Increment an overflow variable (AFGJOB is used in legacy implementations)	IncOvSym	no	no	no	yes
Merge data for embedded variable fields in a text area with text	* TextMergeParagraph	no	no	yes	na
Move and align field text so the data elements are connected.	ConnectFields	no	no	no	na
Move sections from the current page to a page you specify	MoveMeToPage	yes	no	no	na
Remove a series from a chart if the series contains no data	PurgeChartSeries	no	no	no	na
Remove series data from the series you specify	DeleteDefaultSeriesData	no	no	no	na
Remove the white space from between fields (works with XML input)	RemoveWhiteSpace	no	no	no	na
Reset an overflow variable	ResetOvSym	yes	no	no	yes
Reset section dimensions	ResetImageDimensions	no	no	yes	na
Set group options	SetGroupOptions	no	no	no	yes
Set the dimensions of a section	* SetImageDimensions	no	no	no	na
Set the section overlay/page segment X and Y coordinates using FAP units	SetOrigin	no	no	no	na
Set the section overlay/page segment X and Y coordinates using inches	SetOriginI	no	no	no	na
Set the section overlay/page segment X and Y coordinates using millimeters	SetOriginM	no	no	no	na
Set the send copy to variable	SetCpyTo	no	no	no	na
Span a field’s width between two other fields, filling in with a fill character	SpanAndFill	no	no	no	na
* - Indicates this is a legacy rule that may be found in older implementations. INI - Indicates if there are INI options associated with this rule. AFGJOB - Indicates if there are AFGJOB.JDT file implications to this rule. Files - Indicates if external supporting files (other than extract records) can be used with this rule. Overflow - Indicates if this rule supports overflow. XML - Indicates if this rule accepts XML input.

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