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BI_Developer
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Hi

I have a DEFINE FIELD.
How can I use it a column heading to another field?

 

DEFINE FILE CAR
FLD_LBL/A100 = 'F1' | CAR | 'NAME';
END

PRINT
CAR AS 'LABEL'
END


In place of LABEL I am trying to get data from FLD_LBL

Thank you

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Posts: 139 | Registered: July 21, 2011Report This Post
Waz
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One method is to use the field in the heading.

e.g.
DEFINE FILE CAR
FLD_LBL/A100 = 'F1' | CAR | 'NAME';
END

TABLE FILE CAR
HEADING
" "
"COUNTRY<FLD_LBL"
PRINT
COUNTRY AS ''
CAR AS ''
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
 TYPE=HEADING, HEADALIGN=BODY, $
ENDSTYLE
END


Waz...

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<FreSte>
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Another method that can be used is ( See this post)

TABLE FILE CAR
  SUM
    COMPUTE TMP/A100 = 
      'COMPUTE ''' | COUNTRY || '''/D12S = IF COUNTRY EQ ''' ||  COUNTRY  || ''' THEN SEATS ELSE 0;';
  BY COUNTRY NOPRINT
  ON TABLE SET HOLDLIST PRINTONLY
  ON TABLE HOLD AS HLDCTRY FORMAT ALPHA
END
-RUN

TABLE FILE CAR
  PRINT
-INCLUDE HLDCTRY
BY CAR
END


-Fred-
 
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Crymsyn
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Another way if there is more than on heading value is to use ON CAR SUBHEAD

 DEFINE FILE CAR
FLD_LBL/A100 = 'F1' | CAR | 'NAME';
END
TABLE FILE CAR
BY CAR AS ''
ON CAR SUBHEAD
"<FLD_LBL"
END


Another way if it stays the same can use parameters. It will not change though when CAR changes since it only reads the first row value in this case.

 TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT 
COMPUTE FLD_LBL/A100 = 'F1' | CAR | 'NAME';
ON TABLE HOLD AS CARHEADING
END
-RUN
-READ CARHEADING &CAR_HEADING.A100

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT
CAR AS '&CAR_HEADING'
END


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Posts: 78 | Registered: November 08, 2010Report This Post
Doug
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Just a thought: You should be able to HOLD the data (real or DEFINEd fields) you want to use as TITLEs from your source tables and -READ them into "TitleVariables" which will be used as your TITLEs in your report.




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