Data Positioning, Formatting, and Printing
Report-Writer relies on three different groups of statements to print data in the correct place and format. These are:
• Column and block default setting statements
• Text positioning statements
• Print statements
You use these statements to:
• Set default print positions and widths for columns
• Position text explicitly, or left justify, right justify, or center column values within the margins defined by the column defaults
• Define the print format (for instance, character string or decimal) for the value to be printed
• Print an explicit value or print the next value in a column at the previously defined position, in the designated format
The following discussions describe the process of positioning, formatting, and printing data in more detail.
Note: Column defaults can be explicitly defined with the column and block or other statements noted previously. If defaults are left undefined, Report-Writer automatically determines the defaults from an analysis of your report code. See Automatic Determination of Default Settings. Explicitly set defaults override any automatically determined ones.