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*Print Format

The Print Format field specifies whether a format from a report is to be printed. The *Print Format option only applies to Print File and Print Object functions. There may be instances when you want to select more records from the database file for processing by the function (controlled with the *Record Selected field) than you want to be printed.

For example, if you want a Print File function to print either a detailed or a summary report, depending on the value of an input parameter to the function, you can control which formats are printed in the two reports by means of the *Print Format field.

  > USER: On print of detail format                   <<<

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  : .—CASE                                            <<<
  : | -PAR.Report type is Summary                     <<<
  : | -*PGM.*Print format = CND.*Do not print format  <<<
  : ‘—ENDCASE                                         <<<
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