Below is a sketch of my real code. Note that the lines starting with "&USE_OR_NOT" are displayed conditionally based whether or not USE_OR_NOT is set equal to FOC_NONE higher in the code. this means although it appears "Thanks for the order!" as it line 12, it actually depends on how many of the "&USE_OR_NOT" lines are used during execution.

The problem: I want
1. "Thanks for the order!" to always be bold regardless of the number lines in the final report, and
2. "Thanks for the order!" to always be 2 lines below the list of products (I don't want it in the footer).


I cannot use

TYPE=TABHEADING,
LINE=12,
STYLE=BOLD,
$

because "Thanks for the order!" will not alwsys be at line 12.

And I tried " < b >Thanks for the order!< / b >" which seems to fail.

Is there any way to embed CSS in a character string?

Thanks,
George


SAMPLE CODE
===========

TABLE FILE TEST_TABLE
PRINT
FIELD1 NOPRINT
BY FIELD2 NOPRINT
ON TABLE SUBHEAD
"""" "
"Dear Sir(s) your order for the following is ready"
" "
"&USE_OR_NOT -- "&USE_OR_NOT -- "&USE_OR_NOT -- "&USE_OR_NOT -- " "
"Thanks for the order!"
"Sincerely"
ON TABLE SET PAGE-NUM OFF
ON TABLE NOTOTAL
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT PDF &XOPEN
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
UNITS=IN,
PAGESIZE='Letter',
LEFTMARGIN=1.000000,
RIGHTMARGIN=1.000000,
TOPMARGIN=0.000000,
BOTTOMMARGIN=0.000000,
SQUEEZE=ON,
ORIENTATION=PORTRAIT,
WRAP=ON,
$
TYPE=REPORT,
FONT='TIMES NEW ROMAN',
SIZE=11,
JUSTIFY=LEFT,
STYLE=NORMAL,
WRAP=ON,
$
TYPE=TABHEADING,
LINE=12,
STYLE=BOLD,
$
ENDSTYLE
END

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

WebFOCUS 7.6
Windows, All Outputs

In the future, please put code between code tags (using that </> button) - the code you posted doesn't look great.

Try using a computed field, which you can style using the OBJECT=FIELD tag, and further qualify it with an ITEM tag (skip two lines by using </2):

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT
COMPUTE THANKS/A100 = 'Thanks for the order!'; NOPRINT

COUNTRY NOPRINT
BY COUNTRY NOPRINT
ON TABLE SUBHEAD
""
""
"Dear Sir(s) your order for the following is ready"
" "
-*"&USE_OR_NOT -- 
-*"&USE_OR_NOT -- "&USE_OR_NOT ---* "&USE_OR_NOT -- " "
"</2<THANKS"
"Sincerely"

ON TABLE SET STYLE *
TYPE=TABHEADING, OBJECT=FIELD, ITEM=1, STYLE=BOLD, $
ENDSTYLE
END

Syntax: How to Identify an Embedded Field in a Heading or Footing
TYPE=type, [LINE=line_#], OBJECT=FIELD, [ITEM=item #]
where:

type
Identifies a type of heading or footing. Select from HEADING, FOOTING, TABHEADING, TABFOOTING, SUBHEAD, or SUBFOOT. For details, see Identifying a Heading or Footing.

line_#
Identifies a line by its position in the heading or footing. You only need to include the LINE attribute if you have a multi-line heading or footing.

item_#
Identifies an item by its position in a line.

If you have more than one embedded field in a heading or footing, you must specify the field you wish to format by giving the item number. Count items from left to right. Do not include text fields in the count. You do not need to specify the item number if there is only one embedded field in the heading or footing.

Note: BORDER options are not supported on specific ITEMS in a HEADING, FOOTING, SUBHEAD, SUBFOOT.

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

Thanks.

I tried this and it appears to work only if there is only ONE embedded computed field in the heading or footing. Otherwise, additional embedded fields, in the first item position, could be affected unintentionally since no line numbers or item numbers are specified.

Would you agree?

Thanks again.

Yes, you would have to know which computed field it is and adjust ITEM=n, or make sure it is the first one.