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OVERPRINT

Print one line on top of the other without advancing the line printer. Use this feature to create bold text or to underscore text.

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

Syntax:

OVERPRINT|O WHEN 'characterstring' AT COLUMN integer

Parameters:

`characterstring`	Line or text to be overprinted; must be identical to characterstring in mock-up; delimit with single or double quotation marks.
`integer`	Starting column number of `characterstring` on the mock-up.

Comments:

In the mock-up, the two lines of text that print on one line of the page must be consecutive. On the first line enter a text string. On the second line enter the text that prints over the first line, and to the right of this text enter a unique characterstring to identify the line. When the report prints, blanks replace characterstring in the mock-up.

Examples:

Underscore text within a page heading. Below are lines 7 and 8 of a mock-up. The identifying character string, NO ADVANCING, begins in column 70 of the second line.

XXXXXXX
_______                                                                  
NO ADVANCING

The OVERPRINT clause

 01    TYPE IS PAGE HEADING.
       MOCKUP LINES 7 THRU 9
       OVERPRINT WHEN 'NO ADVANCING' AT COLUMN 70

The printed result

XXXXXXX

Print text within the report heading of a mock-up twice, to appear as bold type. The identifying character string begins in column 70.

WIDGETS
WIDGETS
DITTO

The OVERPRINT statement

 01    TYPE IS REPORT HEADING LINE 20 NEXT GROUP NEXT PAGE.
       MOCKUP LINES 1 THRU 6
       OVERPRINT WHEN 'DITTO' AT COLUMN 70

The printed result

WIDGETS