PDF File Bookmarks
From the InterForm400 main menu select 5. Work with Auto Forms Control followed by 6. PDF bookmark definitions. Here you can define how bookmarks should be inserted when you create a PDF file in InterForm400.
Note, that alternatively you can also include &&BMK commands in the input spooled file you merge with to insert bookmarks.
You can then later refer to a bookmark definition, when you create a PDF file in InterForm400.
When you create a new bookmark definition you are presented with this screen:
Create PDF Bookmark definition BMK310D
Bookmark definition name . FIN_REPORT_
Description . . . . . . . Bookmarks_for_financial_report___________
Display bookmarks at open. 1 0=No 1=Yes
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Here you state a name for the bookmark definition, a description and select if the bookmarks should be displayed when the PDF file is opened or not.
When you press Enter/F3/F12 you will see this screen:
Work with PDF Bookmark details BMK320D
Bookmark definition . : BOOKMRK1
Position to . . . . . . ____ Sequence number
Type options, press Enter. 2=Change 3=Copy 4=Delete 5=Display 7=Rename
Opt Seqnbr. Description _ 000 All pages
End F3=Exit F5=Refresh F6=Create F12=Cancel
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Here you can define one or more rules for when and how bookmarks should be inserted. Press F6 to add a new one:
Create PDF Bookmark details BMK330D
Sequence number . . . . . 000
Description . . . . . . . ____
Type option, Press Enter. 1=Select
Opt Definition _ Page selection _ Initial open level _ Level-1 _ Level-2 _ Level-3 _ Level-4 _ Level-5 _ Level-6
F3=Exit F12=Cancel
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Page selection: If you want to use more than one rule (or sequence) for the bookmarks in one spooled file, you need to restrict the sequence to some of the pages only by specifying rules in 'Page selection'. Otherwise skip this part. Refer to the section below for details.
Initial open level:
You can decide if the nested bookmarks should be expanded (and to what level) or not when opening the PDF file. If you use '0' or blank for this, then all levels are expanded. Any other value will expand all levels down to the specified number.
Level 1-6:
Select one of these to specify the bookmarks at a certain level:
Change PDF Bookmark details BMK330D
Sequence number . . . . : 000
Description . . . . . . . All pages
Level-2
Field Prefix Print line Position 1 Zip:___________ __8 __8 - _11 2 City:__________ __8 _13 - _40
Color __5 F4=List
F3=Exit F12=Cancel
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Above we have defined the second level. The fields 1 and 2 will be concatenated to make the full text of the bookmark. So you can insert fixed text (prefix) followed by text from the spooled file page to define each field. You can use any colour for the bookmark. Define your own colours if necessary by use of option 7. Work with palette colors from the InterForm400 administration menu.
The information used from the spooled file will be inspected by the bookmark generator. Only when this information changes a new bookmark will be generated.
NOTE: Text for bookmarks must be placed in a fixed position on the page. If you want to search for a certain text and insert bookmarks if found you could consider to use the APF3812/CRTPBSPLF command to do copy the floating information into a fixed spot of a new *SCS spooled file before merging. This could be called from an AFC user exit program.
