Re: FORM FEED IN REPORTS

Posted in 1992

Stuart Hemming — Fri, 18 Dec 1992 09:13:00 +0000 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In-Reply-To: <1gnr51INNa7d@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> yaron@ortarg.edu.ar (Yaron Zarfati) TITLE: FORM FEED IN REPORTS In <1gnr51INNa7d@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> Yaron Zarfati asks: > Hi, I need help on the behavior of the SKIP TO TOP OF FORM statement in > reports. > > When this statement is reached, informix fills the report with empty lines > until it reaches the number specified in the PAGE LENGTH statement. > > This slows down the printing, so what I would like to know is if does somebody > knows how to make informix to use the formfeed character ??? Well, to start with you need v4.1 or later. Then in the OUTPUT section include TOP OF PAGE "^L". This assumes your formfeed character is control-l. If not replace the quoted string with the necessay codes. Note that the sting can only be 2 characters long. Hope this helps. | I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way -- Jessica Rabbit | |------------------------------------------------------------| | Stuart Hemming | shemminga@cix.compulink.co.uk | | Tudor Labels Ltd | uunet!cix.compulink.co.uk!shemminga | | Roman Bank Bourne | Tel : (+44) 778 426444 | | Lincs PE10 9LQ. UK. | Fax : (+44) 778 421862 | Stuart |8-)