[Solved] Formatting of fields in Focus/WebFocus.

January 17, 2011, 01:09 AM

Vinay Kumar

Hi All,

I would like to know, how Column3 can be displayed above Column4 and Column5.

To be precise, Column4 and Column5 comes under Column3 category, so it has to be displayed as shown in above pic.

Column4 and Column5 are aliases for the fields.

Could you all share your suggestions on how to do this.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Vinay Kumar,

January 17, 2011, 05:10 AM

OPALTOSH

If we could see the image it would be helpful.

January 17, 2011, 05:21 AM

Vinay Kumar

Opaltosh,

Is image not visible?

Please find the image link below
http://i56.tinypic.com/2rnitd0.jpg

January 17, 2011, 07:05 AM

Ramkumar - Webfous

Hi Vinay,

As shown in the Image If this is for EXCEL Format 0f the report, Please find the code below.

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT
COUNTRY AS 'COUNTRY'
CAR AS 'CAR'
SEATS
RETAIL_COST
HEADING
"<+0>COUNTRY/CAR<+0>"
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT EXL2K
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
  UNITS=IN, SQUEEZE=ON, ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE, $
  TYPE=REPORT, HEADALIGN=BODY, GRID=OFF, $
  TYPE=HEADING, LINE=1,  OBJECT=TEXT,     ITEM=1,     JUSTIFY=CENTER,   SIZE=10,  COLSPAN=2,STYLE=BOLD,$
END

This will work for HTML also.

But for PDF, you may need to do seperate stylig based on WIDTH of the heading elements.

January 17, 2011, 08:26 AM

Vinay Kumar

Hi Ram,

The above code worked for one category, what if there are multiple categories like the below image.

I mean how column3 and column5 could be displayed?

If the image is not visible, please find the image link below

http://i56.tinypic.com/333eudt.jpg

January 17, 2011, 08:46 AM

Vinay Kumar

Ram, Is there any other solution other than using TEXT's in HEADING.

January 17, 2011, 09:34 AM

Ramkumar - Webfous

 
TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT
 	 BODYTYPE
     SEATS
     DEALER_COST
     RETAIL_COST
     SALES
     MODEL
	 STANDARD
     CAR AS 'CAR'
     COUNTRY AS 'COUNTRY'
     LENGTH
     WIDTH
     HEIGHT
     WEIGHT
     WHEELBASE
     FUEL_CAP
     BHP
     RPM
     MPG
     ACCEL
     WARRANTY
HEADING
"<+0>BODYCOL<+0>SEATCOL<+0>DELCOSTCOL<+0>RETCOSTCOL<+0>SALES/MODEL<+0>STDCOL<+0>COUNTRY/CAR<+0>LENGTH/WIDTH<+0><+0>HEIGHT/WEIGHT<+0>"
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT EXL2K
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
  UNITS=IN, SQUEEZE=ON, ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE, $
  TYPE=REPORT, HEADALIGN=BODY, GRID=OFF, $
  TYPE=HEADING, LINE=1,  OBJECT=TEXT,     ITEM=1,     JUSTIFY=LEFT,   SIZE=10,  COLSPAN=1,STYLE=BOLD,$
  TYPE=HEADING, LINE=1,  OBJECT=TEXT,     ITEM=2,     JUSTIFY=RIGHT,   SIZE=10,  COLSPAN=1,STYLE=BOLD,$
  TYPE=HEADING, LINE=1,  OBJECT=TEXT,     ITEM=3,     JUSTIFY=RIGHT,   SIZE=10,  COLSPAN=1,STYLE=BOLD,$
  TYPE=HEADING, LINE=1,  OBJECT=TEXT,     ITEM=4,     JUSTIFY=RIGHT,   SIZE=10,  COLSPAN=1,STYLE=BOLD,$
  TYPE=HEADING, LINE=1,  OBJECT=TEXT,     ITEM=5,     JUSTIFY=CENTER,   SIZE=10,  COLSPAN=2,STYLE=BOLD,$
  TYPE=HEADING, LINE=1,  OBJECT=TEXT,     ITEM=6,     JUSTIFY=LEFT,   SIZE=10,  COLSPAN=1,STYLE=BOLD,$
  TYPE=HEADING, LINE=1,  OBJECT=TEXT,     ITEM=7,     JUSTIFY=CENTER,   SIZE=10,  COLSPAN=2,STYLE=BOLD,$
  TYPE=HEADING, LINE=1,  OBJECT=TEXT,     ITEM=8,     JUSTIFY=CENTER,   SIZE=10,  COLSPAN=2,STYLE=BOLD,$
  TYPE=HEADING, LINE=1,  OBJECT=TEXT,     ITEM=9,     JUSTIFY=CENTER,   SIZE=10,  COLSPAN=2,STYLE=BOLD,$
END

This way you can add and Style any number of Heading Elements, and achieve Super Title/Sub Title format.

But If you are not going for Heading, It is very tough to achieve this.

You may go through This Thread for further more details.

You see if some of the suggestions given there helps you...

January 17, 2011, 08:00 PM

Vinay Kumar

Thanks Ram

Your posted thread was very helpful!

January 17, 2011, 10:43 PM

Vinay Kumar

Ram,

Your code hasn't worked for me. See the output i got below.

If image is not visible to you, please find image link below.

http://i51.tinypic.com/14l6f7b.jpg

January 18, 2011, 01:04 AM

Ramkumar - Webfous

quote:
TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT
BODYTYPE
SEATS
DEALER_COST
RETAIL_COST
SALES
MODEL
STANDARD
CAR AS 'CAR'
COUNTRY AS 'COUNTRY'
LENGTH
WIDTH
HEIGHT
WEIGHT
WHEELBASE
FUEL_CAP
BHP
RPM
MPG
ACCEL
WARRANTY
HEADING
"<+0>BODYCOL<+0>SEATCOL<+0>DELCOSTCOL<+0>RETCOSTCOL<+0>SALES/MODEL<+0>STDCOL<+0>COUNTRY/CAR<+0>LENGTH/WIDTH<+0><+0>HEIGHT/WEIGHT<+0>"
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT EXL2K
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
UNITS=IN, SQUEEZE=ON, ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE, $
TYPE=REPORT, HEADALIGN=BODY, GRID=OFF, $
TYPE=HEADING, LINE=1, OBJECT=TEXT, ITEM=1, JUSTIFY=LEFT, SIZE=10, COLSPAN=1,STYLE=BOLD,$
TYPE=HEADING, LINE=1, OBJECT=TEXT, ITEM=2, JUSTIFY=RIGHT, SIZE=10, COLSPAN=1,STYLE=BOLD,$
TYPE=HEADING, LINE=1, OBJECT=TEXT, ITEM=3, JUSTIFY=RIGHT, SIZE=10, COLSPAN=1,STYLE=BOLD,$
TYPE=HEADING, LINE=1, OBJECT=TEXT, ITEM=4, JUSTIFY=RIGHT, SIZE=10, COLSPAN=1,STYLE=BOLD,$
TYPE=HEADING, LINE=1, OBJECT=TEXT, ITEM=5, JUSTIFY=CENTER, SIZE=10, COLSPAN=2,STYLE=BOLD,$
TYPE=HEADING, LINE=1, OBJECT=TEXT, ITEM=6, JUSTIFY=LEFT, SIZE=10, COLSPAN=1,STYLE=BOLD,$
TYPE=HEADING, LINE=1, OBJECT=TEXT, ITEM=7, JUSTIFY=CENTER, SIZE=10, COLSPAN=2,STYLE=BOLD,$
TYPE=HEADING, LINE=1, OBJECT=TEXT, ITEM=8, JUSTIFY=CENTER, SIZE=10, COLSPAN=2,STYLE=BOLD,$
TYPE=HEADING, LINE=1, OBJECT=TEXT, ITEM=9, JUSTIFY=CENTER, SIZE=10, COLSPAN=2,STYLE=BOLD,$
END

This code fetches me the right expected output...

Vinay, Did you copied the entire code... ??

My Output is

January 18, 2011, 01:05 AM

Ramkumar - Webfous

quote:
Thanks Ram

Your posted thread was very helpful!

You are welcome Vinay.

January 18, 2011, 03:09 AM

Vinay Kumar

Ram, now i got it. Thanks!

I might have missed something previously.

January 18, 2011, 05:12 AM

Ramkumar - Webfous

Thatz Fine Vinay !!!

January 18, 2011, 05:39 AM

Vinay Kumar

Ram, This solution works fine for HTML, Excel!

How about for PDF? Have you ever tried?

February 01, 2011, 08:57 AM

Ramkumar - Webfous

Hi Vinay,

For PDF you may need to do trial in Error in Width and acheive values...

Instead of COLSPAN=1, You need to assign width=3.50 , 4.50 etc. until you reach you exact template.

February 01, 2011, 08:58 AM

Ramkumar - Webfous

Forgot... Also Remove this part as well...

 TYPE=REPORT, HEADALIGN=BODY, GRID=OFF, $