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Mark
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I have a 4 reports (one for each type of output - HTML, PDF, Active Report, Excel) that are requiring a column heading that consists of words separated by commas as well as shown on two different lines. The column heading would look something like:

Apple, Banana, Kiwi, Orange
Sample Fruits

I am able to accomplish this for HTML and Active Report output types. I cannot find a technique to work for PDF or Excel outputs. I have tried using a define name and by creating a parameter but these are not working. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

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Posts: 36 | Registered: February 12, 2009Report This Post
Francis Mariani
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The only way I can think of making this work is to use a Heading line as your Column-titles:

TABLE FILE CAR
SUM
SALES/D6 AS ''
BY COUNTRY AS ''
HEADING
"WEBFOCUS REPORT"
" "
"COUNTRY <+0>APPLES,ORANGES"
ON TABLE SET PAGE NOLEAD
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
SQUEEZE=ON, FONT='ARIAL', SIZE=8, $

TYPE=HEADING, STYLE=BOLD, $

-*-- FOR PDF ---
TYPE=HEADING, LINE=3, ITEM=1, POSITION=COUNTRY, $
TYPE=HEADING, LINE=3, ITEM=2, POSITION=SALES, $

-*-- FOR HTML AND EXCEL ---
TYPE=HEADING, HEADALIGN=BODY, $

ENDSTYLE
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT PDF
END


Seems a bit over the top, just to get a comma in a column title.


Francis


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Mark
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Thanks Francis,
I see your suggestion as my only option on this.
Thank you.


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Danny-SRL
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Mark,
How did you do this for HTML?


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Francis Mariani
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For HTML only, you could use the HTML code for comma: &#44; (or &|#44; inside a fex).


Francis


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Francis is correct, I created &XTITLE concatonating my words with the ASCII number for commas and spaces. This works for both HTML as well as Active Report output types.


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