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Operand Definitions

Operand

Description

CONTFOOT

Specifies whether control break footings are printed. Specify:

Y Indicates that control break footings print at the end of each control group.

N Suppresses the printing of control break footings.

CONTHEAD

Indicates whether control break headings print. Specify:

Y Indicates that control break headings print at the beginning of each control group.

N Suppresses the printing of control break headings.

DATEFOR

Determines the format of the date (for example, 'MMDDYY').

Note: Although date‑editing replaces the strings MMDDYY with the appropriate values, any other literal entered are accepted as simply output without substitution.

DATEPOS

Indicates the position of the date: Specify:

NO None
BC Bottom center
BL Bottom left
BR Bottom right
TC Top center
TL Top left
TR Top right

GAP

Indicates the number of blank characters left between defined columns of detail lines. Specify:

nn A value from 1 through 66. You can also specify the value A (Automatic).

LINES

Indicates the total number of lines per printed page of a report. Specify:

nnn A value from 1 through 250.

NULLSYM

Establishes a single special character to represent null values.

x Any valid character.

PAGEFMT

Indicates the format of page numbers. Specify:

D Digits only
H With hyphens
P With a one‑ to eight‑character prefix

PAGEPOS

Indicates the position of page numbers. Specify:

NO None
BC Bottom center
BL Bottom left
BR Bottom right
TC Top center
TL Top left
TR Top right

SPACING

Indicates the number of blank lines left between printed detail lines. Specify:

n A value of 1, 2, or 3.

WIDTH

Indicates the number of characters per line in a report. Specify:

nnn A value from 40 through 230.