HP Integrity NonStop H-Series - Manual (Page 292)

Printing Form Letters
Using Special TFORM Features
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The ADDRESS command performs the following tasks:
Tells TFORM to print the address variable in the list file (all the data
from the block separator to the pattern character).
Automatically inserts into the letter the current date, right-justified, in
the TODAY LONG USA format. TFORM puts two lines between the
date and the first line of the address.
Sets up headers for subsequent pages of the letter.
Turns on joining and justification.
Printing Form Letters You use the LETTER command to produce the printed form letters. This
command is entered after the usual TFORM RUN command. You do not
include an IN file in the command. See Section 12 of this manual to learn
more about using the TFORM RUN command.
The LETTER command contains the name of your body file and the name
of your variable file, separated by a single space. When you enter this
command, TFORM begins printing the first letter, inserting the variables
into the body text. It continues printing letters until it reaches the end of
the variable file. Entering the EXIT command after the LETTER command
enables you to leave TFORM.
Note If you don’t include the EXIT command, TFORM returns the ? prompt when it reaches the
end of the variable file, and waits for further instructions from you. You then enter EXIT or
press
CTRL - Y to leave TFORM.