&APS-BLANK-STATUS

Determine whether the generator ignores blank lines or passes them through to the output.

Restriction: This topic applies only when the AppMaster Builder AddPack has been installed, and applies only to Windows platforms.

Syntax:

&APS-BLANK-STATUS

&aps-blank-status     &Aps-Blank-Status
&APSBLANKSTATUS       &apsblankstatus
&ApsBlankStatus

To have a rule to convert the handling of blank lines back to the way it was when the rule was invoked, capture the blank/noblank status when entering the rule. See the example below.
To print or suppress blank lines, use % SET BLANK or %SET NOBLANK.

When entering the rule, capture the value:

% &SAVE-BLANK-STATUS = &APS-BLANK-STATUS

When leaving the rule,

% IF &SAVE-BLANK-STATUS = "BLANK"
    % SET BLANK
% ELSE-IF &SAVE-BLANK-STATUS = "NOBLANK"
    % SET NOBLANK

Sample generated values:

&APS-BLANK-STATUS = "BLANK" (following a % SET BLANK)

&APS-BLANK-STATUS = "NOBLANK" (following a % SET NOBLANK)