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HP ALLBASE/4GL Developer Reference Manual Vol. 1

Report Line Header Screen 

This screen allows you to define a report print line and specify the line
type, the line group, and the lines within the group.

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Field Descriptions 

Report Name   Enter the name of a report defined on the report header
screen.

Secured   Display-only field indicating the status of the secured field,
as defined on the report header screen.

Line Group   The entry in this field defines the type of report line
group.  A two character code identifies line groups.  The first character
identifies the line type, and the second character identifies the line
group within the type.  Enter one of the line group codes from the
following table.

   Line Group     Purpose 

       P1         Top of page heading

       C1         Column headings

       B1         Bottom of page footings

    D1 to D9      Detail lines

    E1 to E9      Extra lines

    H1 to H8      Subheading lines

    T1 to T8      Subtotal lines

       TF         Final total line

Line Number   The entry in this field identifies the number of this line
within the line group.  The range of valid entries depends on the line
type.  Enter one of the following line numbers:

   Line Group     Purpose 

       P1         1 to 99

       C1         1 to 3

       B1         1 to 9

    D1 to D9      1 to 99

    E1 to E9      1 to 99

    H1 to H8      1 to 99

    T1 to T8      1 to 99

       TF         1 to 99

Action   Enter one of the following:

  A     -   Add new line

  C     -   Change this line

  D     -   Delete this line

Skip Lines/Page   These two fields define the number of physical lines to
be skipped before and after printing this line.

You can specify the following values for these fields:

   0      -   Don't skip any lines

 1 to 9   -   Skip 1 to 9 lines respectively

   P      -   Skip to the next page

Normally the report generator prints each line immediately and then
clears the report buffer.  Depending on when you specify it, the 0 option
in this field suppresses printing or clearing of the buffer as follows:

   *   Before print:  Any previous contents of the report buffer are not
       cleared.

   *   After print:  This line remains in the buffer and is not printed
       immediately.

You can merge two report lines in the buffer, and print them on the same
physical report line by specifying 0 lines skip after print for the first
line, and 0 lines skip before print for the second line.

Suppress Line If   The next two fields allow you to automatically
suppress the printing of a line.  You can specify that the line is
suppressed if the values in all numeric fields values are zero, or if all
alphanumeric fields contain blanks.

Count Lines Printed   Optional.  Enter a number from 1 to 5 to specify
that one of the fields *COUNT(1) to *COUNT(5) is incremented each time
the line is printed.  The report generator does not increment the counter
for this line if *BYPASS is set on in the before print function and the
line is not printed.

Underline Numbers   This field allows you to specify that numeric values
are underlined or highlighted when they are printed.  The report
generator can print a line of hyphens on the physical line before (prior 
to) the number, on the physical line below (after) the number, or both
before and after the number.  Enter one of the following options:

  P     -   Print hyphens above numbers (prior to)

  A     -   Print hyphens below numbers (after)

  B     -   Print hyphens above and below numbers (both)

The underlining or overlining only applies to numeric fields in the print
line.

Before Print Function   Enter the name of a function to be executed
immediately before the current line is printed.  The function may change
the contents of any fields or accumulators, or print other lines.

You can use the before-print function to suppress printing of the line by
setting the switch *BYPASS on.

You can terminate printing of this line and all remaining components for
the line group by setting the switch *ENDLINE on in the before-print
function.

After Print Function   Enter the name of a function to be executed
immediately after the line has been printed.

Function Keys 

f1       Header  Cancels the current screen and displays the report
        header screen.

f2       Record Select  Cancels the current screen and displays the
        selection criteria screen.

f3       File Linkage  Cancels the current screen and displays the file
        linkages screen.

f4       Generate Report  Generates the report.

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