Progress
Results User’s Guide
for UNIX


Adding a Header to a Report

Follow these steps to add a header to a report.

  1. Select Settings in the Report module.
  2. Select Center Header from the Settings menu.
  3. The screen displays the following windows:

    The top window contains the header layout area. It is underlined or highlighted, depending on your terminal.You can define up to three lines for a centered header; each line can be up to 50 characters long. The text in your report appears exactly the way you type it into the layout area.

    The bottom window lists the functions that you can include in your header. When you include one or more functions, Results displays the values the functions represent when you run the report. You can substitute angle brackets (< >) for the curly braces ( { } ) around the functions. Also, your database administrator can edit the results.l file to change the default symbols for the VALUE function. That way, when you use the GET key and pick a field from the list, the default symbols automatically appear. For more information about the VALUE function, see "Option Descriptions."

  4. Place your cursor on the first line of the layout area. Then type Order Line Report and press RETURN.
  5. Type Page: {PAGE} in the second line of the layout area to insert the page number function in the header.
  6. Press GO to insert the new centered header into the Report Layout window:
  7. Run this report on your terminal.
  8. The page number automatically replaces {PAGE} when you run this report.

    To make this report easier to read, you can adjust the spacing. For example, you can adjust the spacing between the header and the body of the report.


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