Formfeed Troubleshooting
The default for formfeeds in Report-Writer reports is:
Windows and UNIX:
.formfeeds 
VMS:
.noformfeeds 
The following Report-Writer statements and command line flags for the report command turn formfeeds on or off in your report, overriding the default behavior for Report-Writer in your environment:
• .formfeeds (.ffs, .ff) statement
• .noformfeeds (.noffs, .noff) statement
• +b | ‑b command line flags
Additionally, if formfeeds are enabled, you can specify no initial formfeed prior to the first page of your report with the following Report-Writer statement or report command line flag:
• .nofirstff statement
• ‑nofirstff command line flag
The following report command line flag overrides the .nofirstff statement if formfeeds are enabled, but has no effect otherwise:
• ‑firstff
If you are having trouble with formfeeds, use the following tables to determine the combined result of the system default, the formfeed statements in your report specification, and the formfeed run time command line flags.
The following table indicates the resulting behavior when formfeeds are enabled or disabled:
No Flag Set | +b Flag | -b Flag | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
UNIX Windows | VMS | |||
No formfeed statement specified | On | Off | On | Off |
.formfeeds specified | On | On | On | Off |
.noformfeeds specified | Off | Off | On | Off |
The following table indicates whether an initial formfeed can occur when formfeeds are enabled:
No Flag Set | -nofirstff | -firstff | |
|---|---|---|---|
No initial formfeed statement specified | Yes | No | Yes |
.nofirstff specified | No | No | Yes |
The following table indicates whether an initial formfeed can occur when formfeeds are disabled:
No Flag Set | -nofirstff | -firstff | |
|---|---|---|---|
No initial formfeed statement specified | No | No | No |
.nofirstff specified | No | No | No |
Last modified date: 08/28/2024