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venu
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I need to display the selection in the report header. Some of selection items have LessThan Character in them.
When I get the PDF output this character is not getting printed(Strangely the text after this also).
Any ideas on how this can be resolved are appreciated!
 
Posts: 38 | Location: India | Registered: May 18, 2005Report This Post
Mikel
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This example with "lessthan" character works fine:

-SET &SEL = 'SALES < 10000' ;

DEFINE FILE CAR
  SEL/A40 = '&SEL.EVAL' ;
END

TABLE FILE CAR
  HEADING
    "SELECTION: <SEL "
    " "
  SUM SALES
  BY COUNTRY
  BY CAR
  IF SALES LT 10000
  ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT PDF
END
-RUN

Regards,
Mikel


WebFOCUS 8.1.05, 8.2.01
 
Posts: 173 | Location: Madrid, Spain | Registered: May 09, 2003Report This Post
venu
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Thanks Mikel! This is what I need.
I realised that the define was the key. Can I assume that the variables are interpreted ahead of actual PDF creation?
 
Posts: 38 | Location: India | Registered: May 18, 2005Report This Post
Mikel
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Yes, we need the DEFINE in this case.

In the following example, including directly &VAR in HEADING, FOCUS interprets XYZ (as per "lessthan" character) as a field and tries to replace it with XYZ field value.

-SET &SEL = 'ABC<XYZ' ;
TABLE FILE 
  HEADING
    "&SEL "
...

Regards,
Mikel


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