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Anatess
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Hi, I'm having a brain freeze right now...
I'm trying to create a free-form report for Excel and can't seem to properly place the items in the columns. The report I'm truly needing is a compound report with this Free-Form report as the first table and an 8-column report for the 2nd table with nobreak option (same sheet).

TABLE FILE CAR
HEADING
"TESTING 8-COLUMN FREE-FORM REPORT ON EXCEL"
""
"TOTAL DEALER COST: <TOT.DEALER_COST"
"TOTAL RETAIL COST: <TOT.RETAIL_COST"
ON TABLE SET PAGE-NUM OFF
ON TABLE NOTOTAL
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT EXL2K
ON TABLE SET HTMLCSS ON
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
     UNITS=IN,
     SQUEEZE=ON,
     ORIENTATION=PORTRAIT,
$
TYPE=REPORT,
     GRID=OFF,
     FONT='ARIAL',
     SIZE=9,
$
TYPE=HEADING,
     STYLE=BOLD,
     HEADALIGN=INTERNAL,
     JUSTIFY=LEFT,
$
TYPE=HEADING,
     LINE=1,
     SIZE=12,
     COLSPAN=8,
     JUSTIFY=CENTER,
$
ENDSTYLE
END


I'm trying to get the 3rd and 4th lines of the Heading split the totals onto the 2nd column, but it didn't want to. I tried it with <+0> between the label and the value - doesn't work. Even if I put ITEM=1,COLSPAN=1, on the style.

Any suggestions?

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FrankDutch
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look for the commands

FORMAT EXL2K OPEN
for your first report

FORMAT EXL2K CLOSE
after your last report




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N.Selph
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The lines 3 & 4 should read:
" <+0>TOTAL DEALER COST: <TOT.DEALER_COST"
" <+0>TOTAL RETAIL COST: <TOT.RETAIL_COST"

to get them to start in column 2.

But anyway you count it, the labels "TOTAL DEALER COST:" and the following fields are TWO items not one. One is text and one is a field. I don't think there is any way with COLSPAN to make them be the same item.
To make it look like they are both in the same column, I think you will have to have a COLSPAN=9, where other lines in "column 2" other than this one, have a COLSPAN=2 or greater.


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Anatess
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N.Selph,
I wanted the Label to be on the first column and then the value on the 2nd column. The above code wouldn't split them, so, I tried to force a 2nd item and tried it this way:
"TOTAL DEALER COST: <+0><TOT.DEALER_COST"

But, this still doesn't work. I think the reason is that it needs at least 2 detail columns for it to work, but since I don't have any detail lines, it wouldn't? But then, why did the first line work with the COLSPAN? Hopefully, there's another solution?

Frank,
The OPEN NOBREAK and CLOSE still doesn't change things.

regards,
Anatess


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Anatess
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Tom,
PERFECT! Works like a charm. The OBJECT made the difference. Thank you.

regards,
Anatess


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Tony A
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Anatess,

The only change to your original code was, as Tom suggested, to change the HEADALIGN=INTERNAL to HEADALIGN=BODY and you would have had the result you needed.

T


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