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How to Use CULEMLIN

To invoke CULEMLIN:

First—Define the input file.

Second—Specify CULEMLIN on the OUTPUT parameter using the UM option:

• Rpt-nn, coded in columns 2 and 3, requires a 2-digit report number in the range 00 through 99.
• Record-size-n requires the number of characters held in the output buffer. This number must be a multiple of the length of the printed line plus a carriage control character (81 or 133).
• Special-value-nn can be:
  • An optional 2-digit number in the range 00 to 99 that sets the lines-per-page count and directs output to a file identified by the same number. The defaults are 55 lines to a page and SYS004 as the output file.
  • A 1-byte binary number followed by a space with a value between X'01' and X'3F', inclusive. This value can be submitted only from a terminal with hexadecimal input facilities. When applied as a binary number, output is directed to SYS004.

Third—Define one page heading, using the special character #, on a type 4 parameter.

Fourth—Define detail and total lines (type 5 and type 6 parameters) as required by the report. Use absolute, rather than relative, column positions.

Fifth—Use a carriage control character in a column that is an even multiple of the printer line size (81 or 133 characters) and less than the number of characters held in the output buffer (record-size-n). Valid carriage control characters are listed in the following table.

ASA Control Characters

CULEMLIN also provides these additional options:

• Automatic page numbering, coded by using %PAGE, enclosed in single quotation marks, on a heading or footer line.
• Page control breaks, coded by using the:
  • SORT parameter
  • The carriage control character 1, enclosed in single quotation marks, on a type 4 heading line