Hi All,

I have this piece of code which places the table on the left side. I want this table to be placed on the center of the report. I tried using TYPE = REPORT ,JUSTIFY=CENTER , but it is placing the data in the table to center but not the table itself. I can adjust it using LEFT and RIGHT MARGINS, but it will mislead me when more columns will come into picture. So, is there a way where it can be adjusted to center of the report by itself.

Code:

-* File CENTER_ALIGNMENT.fex
TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT
'CAR.COMP.CAR'
'CAR.CARREC.MODEL'
'CAR.BODY.BODYTYPE'
HEADING
"car example"

ON TABLE SET PAGE-NUM OFF
ON TABLE NOTOTAL
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT PDF
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
UNITS=IN,
SQUEEZE=ON,
ORIENTATION=PORTRAIT,
$
TYPE=REPORT,
GRID=ON,
FONT='TIMES NEW ROMAN',
SIZE=10,
JUSTIFY=CENTER,
$
ENDSTYLE
END

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

I don't think there's any way to control this.

I'm wondering if the painter tool would work?

I don't think it can be centered that way either. Using margin adjustments can "fake" it but if you add a column or two, as subhash mentions, those would need to be readjusted. The layout tool / precision report tool also provides some control at this level as well, but if the overall width of the report increases, they again would need to be adjusted.

Not too mention that the use of SQUEEZE=ON has also an impact on the overall report width as it will depend on the actual data being presented and therefore there is no easy way to pre-set left and right margins.

Hi Darin,

Yea, I saw that it was tried already, so, I deleted my thought. That's the only way I know, besides spot markers, that ADOBE displays the data.

Here's what I had suggessted which Darin responded to:

UNITS=IN,
SQUEEZE=ON,
ORIENTATION=PORTRAIT,
LEFTMARGIN=2, RIGHTMARGIN=2,
$

AND, I added:

TYPE-HEADING, JUSTIFY=CENTER,$

You could create DM & variables based on the # of columns coming through, another option...

The only way that I can think of doing this, is to make the report "fixed", each column has its width, and the width of the report is know, then adjust the margins.

Perhaps this would be a nice NFR.

Could you not do a count of the number of columns then have the let margin dynamic relative to the number of columns?

i.e 5 columns - &marg=5.0
6 columns - &marg=4.0
7 columns - &marg=3.0

I have the columns dynamically coming......

Don't forget Proportional Fonts ....