Frame commands

This is a description of the language to draw frames in Articad
Notes:

• The line thickness or line type cannot be changed
• Origin is the left bottom corner of the page i.e. x=0 and y=0
• Unit of measurement is millimetres
• A “-“ appended to the field name suppresses the printing of the field description
• Read only variables:
  
  • hgt: page height
  • wid: page width

Command	Example	Description
border	border	Draws a border 2 units from the page sides
font font, points, bold	font Arial, 6	Specifies a font of type f and size p points
info field n	info *addr1-	Inserts the contents of a field A “?” after a field name brings up a prompt window
move x, y	move -58+wid, -4+hgt	Moves with relative to the origin
rmove x, y	rmove 0, -11	Moves relative to the last position
rline x, y	rline 0, -4+hgt	Draws a line relative to the last position
colour red, green, blue	colour 255,255,0	Sets the colour
pic file, width, height	pic logo.jpg, 20, 20	Inserts a graphic