Text field sections (report scripts)

You use a text field section to apply certain actions to all instances of a particular text field that are included in the report. A text field section consists of a main section and a subsection. The main section specifies the particular text field to which the actions must be applied. The subsection specifies that the actions are to be performed before the text field is printed.

For example, you could include the page(), need(), and skip() functions in a text field section to enforce a page break or to skip a specified number of lines before the text field is printed. Or you could set lattr.print in the section in order to skip one text line before printing the text field.

Main field

field.<text_field>:

Actions programmed in this section are executed for all instances of the specified text field that are included in the report. The text field must have been defined as a report input field in the data dictionary.

Subsection

before.print:

Actions programmed in this section are executed before the specified text field is printed. 

Related topics

• Overview
• Report script sections
• Overview and synopsis
• Functions
• Expanding text variables