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HP ALLBASE/BRW Reference Manual

Standard Items 

Standard items are items supplied with HP ALLBASE/BRW. They are listed in
the following table.

          Standard Items Table 

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|                                                                                       |
|        Name          Type (1)       Length                  Definition                |
|                                                                                       |
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|                                                                                       |
| DATE                     D                    Current date                            |
|                                                                                       |
| TIME                     T                    Current time, when execution starts     |
|                                                                                       |
| PAGE (2)                 I                    Current page                            |
|                                                                                       |
| LINE (2)                 I                    Current line on page                    |
|                                                                                       |
| USER                     S            8       User executing the report               |
|                                                                                       |
| REPORT-DESCRIPT          S            50      Report description                      |
|                                                                                       |
| REPORT-EXEC-FILE         S            35      Report execution file                   |
|                                                                                       |
| REPORT-SPEC-FILE         S            35      Specification file name                 |
|                                                                                       |
| SELECTION-SET (2)        S            16      Selection set file name                 |
|                                                                                       |
| REQUEST-DATA1 (2)        S            80      Parameter name and actual values used   |
| ...REQUEST-DATA50                             to execute the report.  REQUEST-DATA1   |
| (2)                                           represents the first parameter on the   |
|                                               Request Report screen, REQUEST-DATA2    |
|                                               the second, and so on.  If less than n  |
|                                               parameters are specified, REQUEST-DATAn |
|                                               will show blanks.                       |
|                                                                                       |
| The following standard items are for advanced formatting control.  For example, they  |
| can be used to indicate which linesets are printed before and after the page heading  |
| or footing.                                                                           |
|                                                                                       |
| BREAK-LEVEL (2)          I                    Level of last break (1-9); zero before  |
|                                               the first break footings are printed.   |
|                                                                                       |
| LINESET-LEVEL (2)        I                    Level of current lineset:  0 = report   |
|                                               level; 1-9 = break levels; 10 = detail. |
|                                               Remains unchanged if page heading or    |
|                                               footing is printed.                     |
|                                                                                       |

| PREV-LSET-LEVEL (2)      I                    Same as above, but shows level of       |
|                                               previous lineset.                       |
|                                                                                       |
| LINESET-TYPE (2)         I                    Type of current lineset:  0 = detail; 1 |
|                                               = heading; 2 = footing.  Remains        |
|                                               unchanged if page heading or footing is |
|                                               printed.                                |
|                                                                                       |
| PREV-LSET-TYPE (2)       I                    Same as above, but shows type of        |
|                                               previous lineset.                       |
|                                                                                       |
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(1) Types are as follows:  D = date; T = time; I = integer; S = string.

(2) These are not available for table calculated items.



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