Hi,
I have to create business letters using a combination of Headers/Letter Body/Letter Gif ( BitMaps). Let us say I have 5 headers {1h,2h,....5h} , 2 Letter Bodies {1b,2b}, 5 gifs {1g,2g,3g...}
Depending on User Input I want to choose a component from each of the 3 categories and put together a letter.

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SET PAGE-NUM = OFF
TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT CAR NOPRINT
WHERE RECORDLIMIT EQ 1
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT PDF
ON TABLE SUBHEAD
-INCLUDE h1
HEADING
-INCLUDE b1
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
DEFMACRO=HDG, JUSTIFY=CENTER, SIZE=11, FONT=ARIAL, $
DEFMACRO=H1, STYLE=BOLD, $
DEFMACRO=CONT, JUSTIFY=LEFT, SIZE=11, FONT=ARIAL, $
DEFMACRO=I1, IMAGE=IMAGE1.gif,POSITION=(4.5 10),SIZE=(2.66 .77),UNITS=INCHES,$
TYPE=REPORT,SQUEEZE=ON,GRID=OFF,LEFTMARGIN=1,RIGHTMARGIN=0.5,BOTTOMMARGIN=0.2,$
TYPE=TABHEADING, MACRO=HDG, $
TYPE=TABHEADING, LINE=1, MACRO=H1, $
TYPE=HEADING, MACRO=CONT, $
TYPE=REPORT, MACRO=I1, $
END
-EXIT
=================== This Code Works End <

When I convert this into a parameterized code ( right now only for choosing the Header) The code does not work.
All I am doing is to parameterize the value so that later on, I can pass external parameters and change H1 to H2 so on and so forth.

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-SET HCMD = '-INCLUDE H1'
SET PAGE-NUM = OFF
TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT CAR NOPRINT
WHERE RECORDLIMIT EQ 1
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT PDF
ON TABLE SUBHEAD
&HCMD.EVAL
HEADING
-INCLUDE b1
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
DEFMACRO=HDG, JUSTIFY=CENTER, SIZE=11, FONT=ARIAL, $
DEFMACRO=H1, STYLE=BOLD, $
DEFMACRO=CONT, JUSTIFY=LEFT, SIZE=11, FONT=ARIAL, $
DEFMACRO=I1, IMAGE=IMAGE1.gif,POSITION=(4.5 10),SIZE=(2.66 .77),UNITS=INCHES,$
TYPE=REPORT,SQUEEZE=ON,GRID=OFF,LEFTMARGIN=1,RIGHTMARGIN=0.5,BOTTOMMARGIN=0.2,$
TYPE=TABHEADING, MACRO=HDG, $
TYPE=TABHEADING, LINE=1, MACRO=H1, $
TYPE=HEADING, MACRO=CONT, $
TYPE=REPORT, MACRO=I1, $
END
-EXIT
===================This Code DOES NOT work !!! End <


Can anyone help me ?
Thanks,
SauPa

I wonder if using only subheads and adding a WHEN option would help some. Of course I haven't done much with adding bit maps and so on to reports, have had to get really creative for subfoots using WHEN however.

quote:

This Code DOES NOT work

Would be nice to know what doesn't work. I copied your code, created a fex called h1.fex and another called b1.fex and changed the image file name and it worked for me.

Basically, the H1 (Heading 1 Component) is missing from the output PDF after using the &HCMD.EVAL
Also an error is thrown...
(FOC227) THE FOCEXEC PROCEDURE CANNOT BE FOUND: h1
ERROR AT OR NEAR LINE 9

First of all, in your -SET it should be
-SET &HCMD='-INCLUDE H1' ;
include the & and the semicolon at the end
If that doesn't solve the problem, instead of parameterizing the whole line, try parameterizing only the h1 part:
-SET &HCMD='H1';
and -INCLUDE &HCMD

Like I said, the code works for me. The header fexes are successfully included and appear on the report. So does the image.

If you're on a UNIX machine, ensure you -INCLUDE UPPERCASE fexes and ensure that the file name is lowercase.

I had not placed the Include Fexes in the application path.
Now both the fexes run.
I moved the fexes in the application path.

Thanks for all the comments.
Appreciate all your help.
Saurabh

I have had trouble with
-INCLUDE &PARMNAME
although, as Darin says, we would want that to work, but i don't think it does.
however
-SET &HMCD = '-INCLUDE SOMETHING' ;
and then
&HMCD.EVAL for me does work, as Francis says;
Make sure your H1 file does in fact exist, and is FILEDEF'd; Your fex error shows that your fex can't find that file, so perhaps it isn't FILEDEF'd ; Make sure the H1 file does contain character strings surrounded by " "