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MarkusM
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Hello WebFocus-Community,

I currently try to use Linebreaks for a text within a reporting object.

The text comes from a BW-table. Everytime a user makes a carriage return a tag like &DLIM will be inserted.

The text fields should be shown within a webfocus report including the linebreaks a user has done.

Therefore i would like to use the follwoing syntax:

-SET &WFFMT=PDF;

-SET &DELIM = IF &WFFMT EQ PDF THEN HEXBYT(13,'A1') ELSE '
';
-*textfield will come from SAP BW table:
-*DEFINE FILE CAR
-*DISPLAY/A200='dsaf sdf asdfdas fas fas fd &DELIM esaf dasf s afasd fasdf &DELIM sdfdsfgsd';
-*END
TABLE FILE CAR
SUM SALES BY COUNTRY BY CAR
HEADING
"""
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT &WFFMT
ON TABLE SET HTMLCSS ON
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
UNITS=IN, SQUEEZE=OFF, ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE,$
TYPE=REPORT,LINEBREAK='CR',$
ENDSTYLE
END

My problem is that i can use a syntax like that. Everytime a &DLIM appears a linebreak will be inserted but the tag '&DLIM' will be displayed as well.

For Example:
Datebase string:
"This is line 1 &DLIM this is line 2 &DLIM and 3."

The way it should be displayed:
"This is line 1
this is line 2
and 3"

the way it is displayed:
"This is line 1 &DLIM
this is line 2 &DLIM
and 3."

Is there a way tu suppress the &DLIM in the text which is displayed?

Thanks,
Markus

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


WebFOCUS 7.6.10
Win XP
all output
 
Posts: 8 | Registered: May 25, 2010Report This Post
Waz
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I think this process is fraught with danger.

If you want to force like breaks, then there are other ways.

e.g.
DEFINE FILE CAR
Data     /A50   = 'This is line 1 &|DLIM this is line 2 &|DLIM and 3.' ;
Formatted/A1000 = STRREP (50,Data,5,'&|DLIM',4,'<br>',50,'A50') ;
END
TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT Formatted
BY COUNTRY 
WHERE RECORDLIMIT EQ 1
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT PDF
ON TABLE SET PAGE-NUM OFF
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
UNITS=CM, PAGESIZE='A4', LEFTMARGIN=0.635000, RIGHTMARGIN=0.635000,
    TOPMARGIN=0.635000, BOTTOMMARGIN=0.635000,
    SQUEEZE=ON,
    ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE, $
TYPE=REPORT, FONT=ARIAL, SIZE=10, MARKUP=ON, $
END


This example is fraught with danger , depending on the version of WebFOCUS you are using.


Waz...

Prod:WebFOCUS 7.6.10/8.1.04Upgrade:WebFOCUS 8.2.07OS:LinuxOutputs:HTML, PDF, Excel, PPT
In Focus since 1984
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