I went into the following situation ( example here is with the CAR file ):

 DEFINE FILE CAR
TEMP/D8.1S- = -WIDTH;
END
-RUN

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT 
WIDTH
TEMP

ON TABLE PCHOLD AS SOMEPDF FORMAT PDF
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
     UNITS=IN,
     PAGESIZE='A4',
     LEFTMARGIN=0.250000,
     RIGHTMARGIN=0.250000,
     TOPMARGIN=0.250000,
     BOTTOMMARGIN=0.250000,
     SQUEEZE=ON,
     ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE,
$
TYPE=REPORT,
     FONT='COURIER NEW',
     SIZE=10,
     COLOR='BLACK',
     BACKCOLOR='NONE',
     STYLE=BOLD,
	 LEFTGAP=0.00001,
     RIGHTGAP=0.00001,
$
TYPE=DATA,
     SIZE=6,
     BACKCOLOR=( RGB(234 234 255) 'WHITE' ),
$
TYPE=REPORT,
COLUMN = WIDTH,
	SQUEEZE = 4,
	COLOR = RED,
$
COLUMN = TEMP,
	SQUEEZE = 2,
	COLOR = RED,
-*	JUSTIFY = CENTER,
$
ENDSTYLE
END
-RUN
-EXIT
 

Problem is with the TEMP field - when I use squeeze on it ( without justify ) the field disappears. I want it to be justified right but when I use JUSTIFY = RIGHT , the field disappears again. The only way TEMP field is printed is by not using squeeze or using JUSTIFY = CENTER.
Why is this happening and how can I fix it ?
( I want the TEMP field justified right but without converting it to alphanumeric - that will do the job but I do not want to convert it.)
Thanks in advance .

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

Try changing Squeeze to WRAP. You might need GRID=ON also.

Tried both of them but it is not working again.
I can't find what is the trick with this one.

I'd say it's a bug - it only occurs if your column definition contains a negative sign, as in D8.1S-. If you use D8.1S the style-sheet declaration works.

If you explain what you are attempting to achieve, perhaps we can help. Why are you using SQUEEZE on a numeric column? Wouldn't LEFTGAP on the column do the same thing?

The SQUEEZE function is for reducing the needed space in a alpha string field to the available space.

Suppose you have a field with size A20 and that holds the names of you customers, but you have not enough space in the report you can squeeze the space to less than the needed A20.
Now it displays only the first say 10 characters.
What you will see is something like

code     unsqueezed            squeezed
12345    abcdefghijklmnopqrst  abcdefghij!

The "!" indicates that there are more characters but the field is abbreviated in the report.

Francis - tried with leftgap / rightgap but it is not showing again. Anyway the problem is solved converting it to an alphanumeric field. Thanks. Frank - I've always used squeeze not only with alphanumeric but even with numeric and all sorts of fields ( yymd e.g.) and it works. But this is the first I encounter this problem. If it is a bug - I would have it in mind. Thanks a lot guys .

Here is a solution to the problem ( with the example above ):

 DEFINE FILE CAR
TEMP_T/D8.1S = -WIDTH;
MYFORMAT/A8 = 'D8.1S-';
END
-RUN

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT 
WIDTH
TEMP_T/MYFORMAT

ON TABLE PCHOLD AS SOMEPDF FORMAT PDF
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
     UNITS=IN,
     PAGESIZE='A4',
     LEFTMARGIN=0.250000,
     RIGHTMARGIN=0.250000,
     TOPMARGIN=0.250000,
     BOTTOMMARGIN=0.250000,
     SQUEEZE=ON,
     ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE,
$
TYPE=REPORT,
     FONT='COURIER NEW',
     SIZE=10,
     COLOR='BLACK',
     BACKCOLOR='NONE',
     STYLE=BOLD,
	 LEFTGAP=0.00001,
     RIGHTGAP=0.00001,
$
TYPE=DATA,
     SIZE=6,
     BACKCOLOR=( RGB(234 234 255) 'WHITE' ),
$
TYPE=REPORT,
COLUMN = N1,
	SQUEEZE = 4,
$
COLUMN = N2,
	SQUEEZE = 4,
	JUSTIFY=RIGHT,
$
ENDSTYLE
END
-RUN
-EXIT