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Using the .FILLDN (fill down) Command

If a specific portion of your quote page is set up in column format, you can use the .FILLDN command to fill in certain rows with the same codes as in a row you specify. The syntax for the .FILLDN command is:

.FILLDN <start> <end>

where <start> is the group from which the fill command derives the layout, and <end> is the group at which the fill command stops.

You can use the .FILLDN command without specified variables to fill the entire page with the same codes as those in the principal group ($1). To fill in the window with the layout of the principal group, you would type:

.FILLDN

and press b. This fills in the remainder of the quote window with the principal group.

You can also specify which code group to fill, and how many rows to create. For example, if you wanted to fill in rows three through seven with the same layout in the group (row) containing the variable $2, you would type the following:

.FILLDN 2 7

and then press b. This would fill in rows three through seven with the same codes as those in row two, and change the variables in each of those rows to $3, $4, $5, $6, and $7, respectively.

See also:

Fill Functions on the Edit Quotes menu

Using the .FILLRT Command