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Mighty Max
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I don't know if I described the problem correctly but here goes.
OK, I have this report where one of the field values is real long and is making the column stretch far out.
If I sqeeze the column then the field value gets truncated (example ENGLA!).
Is there a way in WebFOCUS to do a line break or something that will make the field value take up the space of two rows.

Here is a CAR file I was playing with.
  
DEFINE FILE CAR
COUNTRY_CAR/A110 = COUNTRY || '-' || CAR || '-' || MODEL || '-' ||COUNTRY || '-' || CAR || '-' || MODEL;
END
TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT
     COUNTRY_CAR
     RETAIL_COST
     DEALER_COST
BY COUNTRY NOPRINT
ON COUNTRY PAGE-BREAK
ON TABLE NOTOTAL
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT PDF
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
     UNITS=IN,
     PAGESIZE='Letter',
     LEFTMARGIN=0.50000,
     RIGHTMARGIN=0.50000,
     TOPMARGIN=0.50000,
     BOTTOMMARGIN=0.50000,
     SQUEEZE=ON,
     ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE,
$
TYPE=REPORT,
     GRID=ON,
     FONT='ARIAL',
     SIZE=10,
     COLOR='BLACK',
     BACKCOLOR='NONE',
     STYLE=NORMAL,
     RIGHTGAP=0.125000,
$
ENDSTYLE
END


I would like the field values in the first column COUNTRY_CAR to take up two rows instead of forcing the column to stretch out.
The reports I am working with are PDFs.

Thanks,
Max


WebFOCUS 8.1.05M Unix Self-Service/MRE/Report Caster - Outputs Excel, PDF, HTML, Flat Files
 
Posts: 320 | Location: Memphis, TN | Registered: February 12, 2008Report This Post
Darin Lee
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What you are wanting to do is called WRAP which will wrap a field to a second line based on a specified column width, whereas SQUEEZE truncates at the specified width.

You can find a lot of documentation and postings regarding this functionality by using the forum's "Search" functionality and there are a couple of really good articles by Mickey Grackin in the developer area that deal with this and related formatting topics.

Try inserting the following just before the ENDSTYLE and see if you get what you need.

TYPE=REPORT, COLUMN=N2, WRAP=3.0,$


Regards,

Darin


In FOCUS since 1991
WF Server: 7.7.04 on Linux and Z/OS, ReportCaster, Self-Service, MRE, Java, Flex
Data: DB2/UDB, Adabas, SQL Server Output: HTML,PDF,EXL2K/07, PS, AHTML, Flex
WF Client: 77 on Linux w/Tomcat
 
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Leah
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Also, sometimes changing the font used or the font size will help. You could try courier.


Leah
 
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PBrightwell
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Or you could break it into 2 fields and print one OVER the other. Check PARAG, GETTOK and SUBSTR.


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