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JohnK
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I would like to print a simple column-total on one line. I do not have any sort fields. When I attempt to do this, the phrase 'TOTAL' prints on one line, and the total amounts on the second line. Does anyone know how to eliminate this problem? I am directing my output to PDF.

Here is an example that prints on two lines.

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT MODEL SALES
ON TABLE COLUMN-TOTAL AS 'TOTAL'
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT PDF
END

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Posts: 62 | Location: New York City | Registered: December 29, 2004Report This Post
k.lane
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You could do this:

DEFINE FILE CAR
DUMMY/A1 = ' ';
END

TABLE FILE CAR
SUM SALES
BY DUMMY NOPRINT
BY MODEL
ON DUMMY SUBFOOT
" "
"TOTAL <ST.SALES"
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
TYPE=SUBFOOT, LINE=2, STYLE=BOLD, $
TYPE=SUBFOOT, LINE=2, OBJECT=FIELD, ITEM=1, POSITION=SALES, $
ENDSTYLE
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT PDF
END

I tried it without the dummy sort field with ON TABLE SUBFOOT, but the styling wouldn't work.

The above does the trick though.

Ken
 
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k.lane
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This works as well if you were looking for a straight dump from the table.

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT MODEL SALES
BY DUMMY NOPRINT

Ken
 
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At summit there was a great presentation by B.J. Stepien called Why Weird Things Happen in Reporting and it covered the problem you are having.

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JohnK
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Thanks everyone for your help.

I was attempting to do a report with column-totals while not sorting on any field, but I guess if you want to avoid the problem of a two line total, you must either use the SUBFOOT technique, or SORT on at least one of your PRINT columns and use the DUMMY NOPRINT technique.
 
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The solution to this issue can be found at link: https://www.informationbuilder...scriptions-same-line
 
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