Focal Point Banner


As of December 1, 2020, Focal Point is retired and repurposed as a reference repository. We value the wealth of knowledge that's been shared here over the years. You'll continue to have access to this treasure trove of knowledge, for search purposes only.

Join the TIBCO Community
TIBCO Community is a collaborative space for users to share knowledge and support one another in making the best use of TIBCO products and services. There are several TIBCO WebFOCUS resources in the community.

  • From the Home page, select Predict: WebFOCUS to view articles, questions, and trending articles.
  • Select Products from the top navigation bar, scroll, and then select the TIBCO WebFOCUS product page to view product overview, articles, and discussions.
  • Request access to the private WebFOCUS User Group (login required) to network with fellow members.

Former myibi community members should have received an email on 8/3/22 to activate their user accounts to join the community. Check your Spam folder for the email. Please get in touch with us at community@tibco.com for further assistance. Reference the community FAQ to learn more about the community.


Focal Point    Focal Point Forums  Hop To Forum Categories  WebFOCUS/FOCUS Forum on Focal Point     [CLOSED] PDF Report Margins

Read-Only Read-Only Topic
Go
Search
Notify
Tools
[CLOSED] PDF Report Margins
 Login/Join
 
Francis Mariani
Expert
posted
I would like to have my
FOOTING exactly .05 inches away from
the bottom of the page in a PDF
report. If I make the bottom margin 0.5,
the FOOTING appears quite a
bit above 0.5 inches from the bottom.
If I make the bottom margin 0.0,
it still is a bit above the bottom
of the page.
TABLE FILE CAR<br />PRINT
COUNTRY CAR MODEL BODYTYPE SEATS
HEADING CENTER
"CAR REPORT"
FOOTING BOTTOM<br />"&
FOCFOCEXEC <90 "
ON TABLE SET ONLINE-FMT PDF<
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
UNITS=IN, PAGESIZE=LETTER, ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE, SQUEEZE=ON,
LEFTMARGIN=0.5, RIGHTMARGIN=0.5, 
TOPMARGIN=0.0, 
BOTTOMMARGIN=0.0, $
TYPE = REPORT, GRID=OFF, 
FONT=ARIAL, SIZE=8, $
TYPE = FOOTING, SIZE=8, JUSTIFY=CENTER, BORDER-TOP=LIGHT,$<br />END

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Kerry,
 
Posts: 10577 | Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Registered: April 27, 2005Report This Post
k.lane
Platinum Member
posted Hide Post
Francis,

I added BOTTOMGAP=0.0 into the stylesheet and it brought it closer to the bottom of the page. Don't know if this helps you out or not.

Ken
 
Posts: 177 | Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada | Registered: April 25, 2005Report This Post
Piipster
Guru
posted Hide Post
It's the BORDER-TOP=LIGHT that's doing it. I took that out and it moved very close to the bottom.
 
Posts: 346 | Location: Melbourne Australia | Registered: April 15, 2003Report This Post
Kerry
Expert
posted Hide Post
Hi Francis, after some research on the documents, it looks like that this may be related to the different release of WF you are using. Depending on different releases, you will probably use different command line, e.g. FOOTING BOTTOM, BOTTOMMARGIN, BOTTOMGAP, etc.

Please see if the following documents are helpful in any direction.

how to change bottom margin in a PDF?
http://forums.informationbuild...361038331#7361038331

On tech support site, I found these:
PDF output "FOOTING BOTTOM" not working like 4.3.6
http://techsupport.information...oblems/90141117.html
How to align HEADING, FOOTING, SUBHEAD and SUBFOOT values
http://techsupport.information...om/sps/72811042.html
How to control top and bottom margins with output format PDF
http://techsupport.information...om/sps/80731057.html
For these 3 documents, you will need to have a userid/password to get access to it.

Hope these help. Big Grin Please keep us posted on how these work out for you.

Cheers,

Kerry

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Kerry,
 
Posts: 1948 | Location: New York | Registered: November 16, 2004Report This Post
Francis Mariani
Expert
posted Hide Post
Why does BORDER-TOP=LIGHT for the FOOTING BOTTOM command change the BOTTOMMARGIN???
 
Posts: 10577 | Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Registered: April 27, 2005Report This Post
susannah
Expert
posted Hide Post
Kerry
the first 3 of those links 'page can't be found',
and the 4th one is wrong, just plain flatout blatantly infuriatingly wrong.



In Focus since 1979///7706m/5 ;wintel 2008/64;OAM security; Oracle db, ///MRE/BID
 
Posts: 3811 | Location: Manhattan | Registered: October 28, 2003Report This Post
Kerry
Expert
posted Hide Post
Hi Susan,

Thanks for the reminder.

FYI, I was able to update the first link, which is a link to an old topic. But for the other documents on techsupport website, they are taken down and only internals can see them.

Cheers,

Kerry


Kerry Zhan
Focal Point Moderator
Information Builders, Inc.
 
Posts: 1948 | Location: New York | Registered: November 16, 2004Report This Post
nubi
Guru
posted Hide Post
Francis have you tried

SET PRINTPLUS = ON

?

i seem to remember it being one of those meaningless WF statements that solves PDF formatting issues-

i haven't run yoiur code as it has alsorts of HTML in there but think you may have luck with that


Developer Studio 7.64
Win XP
Output: mostly HTML, also Excel and PDF

"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity." - Heinlein's Razor
 
Posts: 285 | Location: UK | Registered: October 26, 2007Report This Post
GamP
Virtuoso
posted Hide Post
Susannah,

The first (techsupport) link explains that you can use SET PRINTPLUS=ON to solve some PDF formatting problems.
The second link explains the difference between html and pdf positioning. For HTML the HEADALIGN is used, while for PDF the POSITION is used.
The third link tells something about topgap and bottomgap. Nothing very much exciting.

And Nubi is right, setting PRINTPLUS to ON moves the footing almost all the way to the bottom.
Setting BOTTOMGAP to 0 moves it exactly to the bottom of the page. Also removing the BORDER-TOP=LIGHT as Karen proposed back then even moves it slightly off the page.


GamP
- Using AS 8.2.01 on Windows 10 - IE11.
in Focus since 1988
 
Posts: 1961 | Location: Netherlands | Registered: September 25, 2007Report This Post
  Powered by Social Strata  

Read-Only Read-Only Topic

Focal Point    Focal Point Forums  Hop To Forum Categories  WebFOCUS/FOCUS Forum on Focal Point     [CLOSED] PDF Report Margins

Copyright © 1996-2020 Information Builders