it's not really a line, but it's a great seperator in a report.

works in all formats...

COMPUTE SEP/A1 = ' '; AS ''

And give it's 'data' the same backgroundcolor as the lines or the background of the 'title'.

looks really nices...

g'luck.

You can try VGRID=ON, here is a sample

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT COUNTRY CAR MODEL
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
TYPE=DATA ,COLUMN=N1 ,GRID=OFF ,$
TYPE=DATA ,COLUMN=N2 ,VGRID=ON ,$
ENDSTYLE
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT PDF
END

Instead of HTML format use DHTML format to make use of the PDF styling.

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT COUNTRY CAR MODEL
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
TYPE=REPORT, GRID=OFF, $
TYPE=DATA ,COLUMN=N1 ,GRID=OFF ,$
TYPE=DATA ,COLUMN=N2 ,VGRID=ON ,$
ENDSTYLE
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT DHTML
END

Prarie's second choice is my favourite one (using BORDER in style sheet).

It not only gives you more control over which columns should or shouldn't have the separating border but also allows you to adjust its style and width as well.

Best of all, it works "fine" for both PDF and HTML although with some limitations; you cannot have a vertical border between 2 columns in a SUBHEAD or SUBFOOT for example (at least not in PDF) but that may be also a limitation with any of the other approaches that have been provided.

- Neftali.

Thanks for many suggestions. Great help and wonderful forum support.Let me work on these.
rama

Why not just use the LINE syntax in the stylesheet? That's exactly what it is for.

TYPE=REPORT, OBJECT=LINE, POSITION=(x y), DIMENSION=(x y), BORDER=1,$

Also available are BOX, STRING, and IMAGE. If you use hold format DHTML or PDF, the same syntax will work for both.