Report Mock-Up Rules
Restriction: This topic applies only when the AppMaster Builder AddPack has been installed, and applies only to Windows platforms.
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The first character of the report mock-up name must be
alphabetic, @, or #; the remaining characters can be alphabetic, numeric, @, $,
or #.
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Reports can be a maximum of 200 lines and 247 columns.
- Paint lines as they appear within their report group.
- Include any blank lines that appear between the first and last
lines of a report group in the mock-up.
- To minimize programming, include blank lines preceding or
following a report group in the mock-up.
- Paint the line or lines that compose a DETAIL group only once.
- Each field that composes a line must be shown with a COBOL
picture for variable data or with the literal for fixed data.
- Within the layout of a line, position each field in the desired
printing position with exact spacing between fields.
- Show a floating-point item in the mock-up with a COBOL picture in
floating-point form. The same picture must be repeated in a PIC phrase in the
corresponding SOURCE, SUM, or VALUE statement.
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In your program, the data field PIC strings on the mock-up
must match the detail line data item descriptions in your Report Section.
Report Writer matches the mock-up fields to the program field descriptions from
left to right, from top to bottom.
