February 03, 2005, 02:23 PM
<NorthNone>Hints? Get More Data on a PDF without a tiny font size
Any hints or helpful tips out there for getting more data on a PDF without going to a tiny font?
Much obliged for any assistance.
BTW can you put Panel and Width commands into a style sheet?
NNone
February 03, 2005, 02:31 PM
LeahOrientation = landscape helps.
February 03, 2005, 02:59 PM
Lenny WardYou could narrow the gap between each line.
February 03, 2005, 03:32 PM
<NorthNone>Lenny, how do you narrow the gap between lines?
Tx!
February 03, 2005, 03:47 PM
Lenny WardYou would put it in the STYLE section.
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
TYPE=DATA, TOPGAP=0.03, $
TYPE=DATA, BOTTOMGAP=0.03, $
ENDSTYLE
February 03, 2005, 04:16 PM
FliPPeRSame for RIGHTGAP and LEFTGAP, you're gonna be impressed how much space you'll get back by changing those values. Use PAGESIZE = LEGAL and ORIENTATION = LANSCAPE to get a bigger page.
February 03, 2005, 04:38 PM
RBReduce the space between the columns too.
February 07, 2005, 11:50 AM
<NorthNone>Thanks for the great ideas! Very helpful!
February 07, 2005, 01:37 PM
<Pietro De Santis>Ever wonder what the default values for TOPGAP, BOTTOMGAP, LEFTGAP and RIGHTGAP are? I see nothing about this in the documentation.
February 07, 2005, 07:22 PM
Carol Dobsonyou can also put some of your sort fields in headings or subheads and make sure to
SET SQUEEZE = ON
in the stylesheet.
February 09, 2005, 02:59 PM
<NorthNone>Carol, does SQUEEZE=ON work with PDFs or only with HTML?
February 09, 2005, 03:38 PM
Carol DobsonSQUEEZE works nicely with PDF's!
You can also set it in the stylesheet, here's an example
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
UNITS=IN,
PAGESIZE='LETTER',
LEFTMARGIN=0.150000,
RIGHTMARGIN=0.150000,
TOPMARGIN=0.055556,
BOTTOMMARGIN=0.055556,
SQUEEZE=ON,
ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE,
$
Good Luck!
February 11, 2005, 05:09 PM
BCarterHere's the defaults for xxxGAP...
PDF/PS:
The default for top and bottom gaps are to not add any space. The line spacing is determined by the measured heights of the fonts on the lines. The default left gap is 0. The default right gap is calculated to be proporitional to the size of the text. Any explicitly set values override this algorithm.
HTML w/CSS: The defaults are all 0. We let the
browser do the formatting unless the user explicitly set the values.
I'll have this added to the documentation.
Brian