These element tags are defined:

▪IDF – mandatory root element,

in which the following element tags may occur:

▪DDF – to insert Dynamic Document Formatter code into the IDF script
▪DEFINE – to create a temporary field for propagating attributes
▪EXECUTE – a program to be called to supply data
▪FIELD – a type of group which invokes an EscapeE field and is positioned relative to it
▪FILE – displays the contents of a page of a file
▪GROUP – encapsulate (and re-use) a group of items
▪INCLUDE – incorporates a named GROUP or IDF or EE field-definitions file
▪INFO – for placing comments in an IDF script
▪PAGE – a type of group which defines a physical side of a page of output
▪RS2 – for placing RS/2 code in an IDF script.
▪SIGNATURE – a digital signature
▪TEXT – a text string caption; formatting can be applied using <?FORMAT?> instruction

plus the drawing element tags:

▪B – points for defining a Bezier curve
▪M – Moves the drawing cursor
▪P – points defining a Polyline.

Technical note

You may include 'non-IDF' XML statements in an IDF file by using a tag with a colon to denote the change of name-space. E.g.:

<RS2:TEXT>

The content of these elements will be ignored by RTIDFIN.DLL.


Links:

IDF attributes