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thangam
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My Report o/p format is PDF.

The sample code is as follows
DEFINE FILE TEST
V_FNAME/A10=' ';
V_LNAME=/A20=V_FNAME|' TEST';
END

TABLE FILE TEST
PRINT
V_LNAME
V_DATE
ON TABLE SET ONLINE-FMT PDF
END

When I concatenate (weak concatenation used) two fixed length variables, if one variable is stored with space, space is not getting displayed in the report report.

The name o/p should be " Test"

But I am getting "Test"

How can I retain this space?

Please guide me.
 
Posts: 77 | Registered: December 22, 2004Report This Post
mgrackin
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The following code seems to work but gives 10 spaces before the ' TEST'. I added two more fields to demonstrate how each works.

DEFINE FILE CAR
M_FNAME/A10 WITH COUNTRY='----------';
M_LNAME/A20 WITH COUNTRY=M_FNAME|' TEST';
V_FNAME/A10 WITH COUNTRY='-';
V_LNAME/A20 WITH COUNTRY=V_FNAME|' TEST';
X_FNAME/A10 WITH COUNTRY=' ';
X_LNAME/A20 WITH COUNTRY=X_FNAME||' TEST';
END

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT M_LNAME OVER V_LNAME OVER X_LNAME
ON TABLE SET ONLINE-FMT PDF
END

I hope this helps.


Thanks!

Mickey

FOCUS/WebFOCUS 1990 - 2011
 
Posts: 995 | Location: Gaithersburg, MD, USA | Registered: May 07, 2003Report This Post
Tony A
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Removing the typos to give -
DEFINE FILE TEST
V_FNAME/A10=' ';
V_LNAME/A20=V_FNAME|' TEST';
END

TABLE FILE TEST
PRINT
V_LNAME
-*V_DATE
ON TABLE SET ONLINE-FMT PDF
END
I get TEST preceded by 11 spaces.

T

p.s. are you using proportional fonts?


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susannah
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and the ever-popular
V_LNAME/A20=V_FNAME|'&|nbsp;TEST';



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