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

This message has been edited. Last edited by: FP Mod Chuck,

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

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

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.

Summit Presentation

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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