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HP ALLBASE/BRW Reference Manual

Break Linesets 

Text, items, or summarized data can be printed each time the value of a
sort item changes (breaks).  You can create lines that print before the
beak (a break heading) or lines that print after the break (a break
footing).

Break Heading Linesets 

Break heading linesets can be defined for each sort item, so that heading
information is printed for the new sort item value.

Example:  Defining a break heading 

Customer name, address, and column headings for the items are printed for
the details following a break, as illustrated in this example of the
Define Lines screen:


            

The break heading lineset prints data from the first detail in the break.
However, column calculation values retain the values from previous detail
record.  This allows column calculations to be carried forward.  See
Column Calculations, later in this chapter, for details.

Break Footing Linesets 

You can define break footing linesets for each sort item, so that summary
information of the previous details is printed.

Example:  Printing summary information 

You can print totals or average values as break footings, as shown here:


            

In this example, totals for the items invoice-amount, paid-amount and
due-amount will be printed as the break footing for each customer.

Instead of (or in addition to) printing the heading information for that
break in the break heading lineset, you can print it in the break
footing.

The break footing lineset prints data from the last detail in the break
and column calculation values in the state of this detail.

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