[SOLVED] How to PRINT in left top corner?

September 30, 2013, 05:43 AM

Hello

I need your advise and will be thankful for help.

I need to print without grids (if possible - with red color arial 9) in left top corner, immediately as html page starts.

If I do

TABLE FILE DATABASES
PRINT CON_DIR NOPRINT
WHERE CON_DIR EQ '&&DB_PATH';
ON TABLE SUBHEAD "Reporting DB: "
END

Then I am getting text as needed, just at the beginning of page. But it is with grids (and not arial, not red and not size=9).

If I am starting to play with styles, i.e. like that

TABLE FILE DATABASES
PRINT CON_DIR NOPRINT
WHERE CON_DIR EQ '&&DB_PATH';
ON TABLE SUBHEAD "Reporting DB: "

ON TABLE SET PAGE NOLEAD
ON TABLE SET PAGE-NUM NOLEAD
ON TABLE NOTOTAL
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
TYPE=REPORT, GRID=OFF,$
ENDSTYLE
END

Then I can get grids switched off, right color, size etc, but I am getting several empty lines at the beginning of page. Text is not placed at the top of page. I have small frame, just for one line of text. Text becoming invisible, I need to scroll

p.s. I have tried to search for solution, but have not found a solution in forum

TIA for your advise,

Piter

This message has been edited. Last edited by: <Kathryn Henning>,

September 30, 2013, 08:29 AM

Dave

Piter,

two possible reasons.

--First--
You should set the pagemargin and cellpadding to 0.
Odd thing is, these are only available with output format PDF.

Options: 2nd Tab. ( format )
Page Margins: Set all to 0.

     LEFTMARGIN=0.000000,
     RIGHTMARGIN=0.000000,
     TOPMARGIN=0.000000,
     BOTTOMMARGIN=0.000000,

and perhaps also the Cell padding.

     RIGHTGAP=0.000000,
     LEFTGAP=0.000000,

Both are only available in PDF, but work fine in HTML.

Then set the output back to HTML.

--Second--
Check your padding and margin of the iFrame you but the output in. Set those to 0 as well.

Good luck,
Dave

September 30, 2013, 08:49 AM

Piter

Thank you Dave! After your advise I have played more and have found that GRID=OFF makes several empty lines. So I have left Grids, but have added BORDER=LIGHT and now it is quite fine when I do it like :

ON TABLE SET HTMLCSS ON
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
LEFTMARGIN=0.000000,
RIGHTMARGIN=0.000000,
TOPMARGIN=0.000000,
BOTTOMMARGIN=0.000000,
RIGHTGAP=0.000000,
LEFTGAP=0.000000,
FONT=ARIAL,
SIZE=9,
STYLE=BOLD+ITALIC,
COLOR='RED',
BORDER=LIGHT,
$
ENDSTYLE

September 30, 2013, 09:40 AM

Francis Mariani

Use CSS to style the HTML:

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT COUNTRY NOPRINT
WHERE COUNTRY EQ 'ENGLAND';
ON TABLE SUBHEAD "REPORTING DB: "

ON TABLE SET PAGE NOLEAD
ON TABLE NOTOTAL
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
TYPE=REPORT, GRID=OFF, $
ENDSTYLE

ON TABLE HOLD AS H001 FORMAT HTMTABLE
END
-RUN

-HTMLFORM BEGIN
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
body
{
margin: 0px; 
font-family: "Arial", sans-serif;
font-size: 9pt; color: red;
}

</style>
</head>
<body>

!IBI.FIL.H001;

<body>
</html>
-HTMLFORM END