I've read the documents, I've tried the examples, I've had no joy. I'm missing something and hope someone here can show me the error of my ways.

For PDF output with HEADINGS centered there is more gap than I want on the left side of the heading. What is the command to shrink the left gap? 'LEFTGAP=' is not legal with WF 5.2.6 for HEADING. 'TYPE=REPORT, LEFTGAP=' works but changes the entire report which is not what I want.

Any help, trials, suggestions or outrage at my stupidity that gets me to the solution, will be appreciated.

Thanks,
Greg

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Kerry,

This report has 5 heading lines –
all centered in style sheet,
but listed as HEADING in the TABLE
request.

Hope this helps.

Jim

$ ******* P D F **********
UNITS=IN, PAGESIZE='LETTER',
LEFTMARGIN=0.100000,
RIGHTMARGIN=0.100000,
TOPMARGIN=0.250000,
BOTTOMMARGIN=0.250000,
SQUEEZE=ON,
LEFTGAP=0.040000,
RIGHTGAP=0.040000,
ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE,$
$
TYPE=REPORT, GRID=ON,
FONT='ARIAL',
SIZE=7,
COLOR=BLACK,
BACKCOLOR=NONE,
STYLE=NORMAL,$
$
TYPE=HEADING, GRID=OFF, JUSTIFY=CENTER,$
$
TYPE=HEADING, LINE=2, STYLE=BOLD,$
:
Etc.

If its just for PDF then remove the justification from the stylesheet
and use spot markers in the heading.


"<+0> <+15> MY HEADING"

Just adjust the value as required.

My description was not as clear as it should have been.

The issue is the column headings which are part of the page HEADING. They are aligned to the body and display with no problem. It's just that I can't get control over the left gap that WF uses for the heading (only) when centering.

I get this (the '!' is PDF data overflow indicator):
| Account! | Date |

When I want this:
| Account # | Date |

Thanks for your suggestions so far.
Greg

Have you tried changing the heading font size or the leftmargin size?

Greg only option is to combine the use of spotmakers and position in the stylesheet


"title 1<+0> title 2<+0>title 3"


TYPE=HEADING,
LINE=1,
OBJECT=TEXT,
ITEM=1,
POSITION=0.25,
$
TYPE=HEADING,
LINE=1,
OBJECT=TEXT,
ITEM=2,
POSITION=1.25,
$
TYPE=HEADING,
LINE=1,
OBJECT=TEXT,
ITEM=3,
POSITION=2.25,
$

the value used for position is based on the UNITS set in the stylesheet eq inches,centimeters etc.

Bonjour,
Nothing New under the sun, I have a problem with Postionning Items of One single line of Headings ( Focus MVS 7.3.4 ).
With PDF, it works about :
TYPE=HEADING,
COLOR='BLACK',
BACKCOLOR=RGB(175 239 233),
GRID=ON,
JUSTIFY=LEFT,
$
TYPE=HEADING, LINE=1,
ITEM=1,
BACKCOLOR='NONE',
POSITION=RIB_REMET_ED(2),
SQUEEZE=4.50,
$
TYPE=HEADING, LINE=1,
ITEM=2,
SQUEEZE=6.00,
$
TYPE=HEADING, LINE=1,
ITEM=3,
POSITION=W_FEDE,

But With EXL2K Formula, no good Positionning, a single Line, but things are not where they should be. I'll try to understand why to-morrow, but, perhaps, It's a classic mistake ( With Excel use COLSPAN and HEADALIGN - but this is out of my understanding of the moment)
Cordially and Focusely
PS : I am able to write so many lines of complex verbose Marked Langage - Real Thanks, Focus and your good old StyleSheets.


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You are on the right track with COLSPAN and HEADALIGN=BODY. The thing that you are probably missing is that spaces between fields take up a column.

 

HEADING
"This is my report heading"

is all one field, but

HEADING
"<CAR <MODEL"
is 3.
"<CAR<MODEL"
is 2.

 

If you still have a doubt about which item number you are on, try coloring each item differently and see if the colors match the expected items .

 
TYPE=HEADING,
LINE=1,
ITEM=1,
COLOR=GREEN,
$
TYPE=HEADING,
LINE=1,
ITEM=2,
COLOR=BLUE,
$
 

Bonjour,
It's probably stupid to answer to one self, but I am happy to have mostly understood HeadAlign and COLSPAN
TYPE=HEADING,
HEADALIGN=BODY,
COLOR='BLACK',
BACKCOLOR=RGB(153 204 255),
GRID=ON,
JUSTIFY=CENTER,
$
TYPE=HEADING, LINE=1,
ITEM=1,
BACKCOLOR='NONE',
COLSPAN=1,
$
TYPE=HEADING, LINE=1,
ITEM=2,
COLSPAN=2,
$
TYPE=HEADING, LINE=1,
ITEM=3,
COLSPAN=8,

This put things at the proper place.
Moreover, since I am a maniac of one thing on one line, I have taken out of my memory <0X
which tells in HEADING etc ... Continued on Next Line
HEADING
" <+0><0X
Période Traitée <+0><0X
Station Technique de prise en charge de la Remise (Guichet) <+0><0X
<+0><0X
Ventilation des Remises par Nombre de Chèques dans la Remise <+0><0X
Ventilation des Cheques par Nombre de Chèques dans la Remise <+0><0X
Référentiel Origine <+0><0X
Référentiel Rib Remettant <+0><0X
"
I hope this can help
Cordially and Focusely
PS : It's nice to read Chapter 10 : Styling Reports. But I might dare to ask if somebody has any Useful Memo
to be efficient and not turn crazy Reading ... (One knows a Focus guy to the blood, sweat and tears one can
find on his First Focus Bible, but ...)