In the definition of a Report, you can specify the printer type
and insert a comment on the Report instance created.
- Nature
- Select an option in the dropdown list. This code is for documentary purposes.
It identifies the nature of the Report to indicate the nature of the current
entity (for documentation purpose only) and is used to restrict listings of
Reports to those of the specified nature.
Header |
Header |
E: Report |
Report |
K: Screen layout |
Screen |
L: Table |
Table |
I: Form |
Indicates a report that is a form, to be subsequently
filled in. |
- Report type
- Select the printer type in the dropdown list.
Values |
Descriptions |
L: Standard |
For standard line printing, this
is the default value.
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P: Printer 3800
with font |
Layout of a report
to be printed on a 3800 printer, with character set codes specified in the
Report Layout lines (in column labeled āCā).
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S: Printer 3800 |
Layout of a report
to be printed on a 3800 printer, without definition of character sets. For
a Report used with Microfocus, this value generate a skip
character.
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- Label length
- Integer part length
- This field, along with the next one, is used to define the format of the
totalisation counters. Internal counters are generated by VisualAge Pacbase
when the Report contains target data elements which must be totaled. The total
number of digits of both fields must remain within the limit allowed by the
compiler. Enter here the number of digit left of the decimal. This value
must be greater than 00. The default value is 11.
- Decimal part length
- This field, along with the previous one, is used to define the format
of the totalisation counters. Internal counters are generated by VisualAge
Pacbase when the Report contains target data elements which must be totaled.
The total number of digits of both fields must remain within the limit allowed
by the compiler. Indicate here the number of digits right of the decimal.
The default value is 7.
- Report comment
- You can enter here a comment for documentary purpose only. The comment
length should not exceed 36 characters.
- Line length
- This value identifies the length of the longest report constant line which
is taken in account at generation. It is a pure numeric value from 1 to 264.
The default option is 132.
Note: The actual length of
the report to be printed is determined from the value entered on the Label
length
- Example: You may want a report containing technical
comments in columns 81 to 132 but truncate the display in the report for the
users to the 80th column. This can be accomplished by using the 132 default
here, and entering 80 as the value of the Label length field
in this tab.
- Lines per page
- Enter the number of lines per page to be printed. The default value is 60.
- Table size
- This field is used to indicate the number of positions to allocate in
the category table for the different categories in the Report at generation.
The default value is 100 lines. The number of lines
should not be higher than 1000, otherwise the table
is not generated. If you enter the 0000 value, rather
than using the category table to control the organization of printing the
categories, the categories are printed directly.
- Write option
- Select one of the three write options.
Values |
Descriptions |
According to variant |
Print options are generated according to the hardware
variant indicated at the library level. In the case of conversion libraries,
the print options are automatically reformulated according to the library
variant.
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N: Prohibits any automatic reformulation |
Prohibits any automatic reformulation of the print
option, in a conversion library.
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*: Before |
Generation of WRITE BEFORE statement.
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- Section priority
- This field is used with hardware requiring program segmentation due to
small memory capacity. It generates a Segment type overlay between print functions
in a program. It should only be used if input Data Structures to print Programs
are sorted by Report code and if the COBOL variant is ANSI.
Priorities less than 50 generate an overlay only in association with the SEGMENT
LIMITclause, to be inserted in the ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
- Edition comment
- The comment entered here refers to the printing of the whole report.
The comment is limited to 36 characters.
- Edition condition
- This field indicates the conditions relevant for the execution of the
Report.
- Use the COBOL format to enter conditions but do not enter IF nor GO
TO. do not enter any period, they are generated automatically.