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HP ALLBASE/BRW Reference Manual

Date Item Edits Screens 

Use this screen to specify how date items are to be printed in the
report.


            

Anytime you specify a DATE item on the Define Lines screen, you can go to
the Date Item Edits screen to edit the way the date appears in the
report.

To edit a DATE item 

   1.  Define a line in the report that contains a DATE item.

   2.  Choose Item Edits from the Define Lines screen where the DATE item
       is defined.

   3.  At the Edit-mask for item prompt, type the name of the DATE item
       and press Enter.

   4.  Type the specifications for the edit mask in the Edit Mask field.

   5.  Type other editing specifications in the field provided.

   6.  When the specifications are completed, press Enter.

Use the descriptions in the Field Descriptions section to understand the
edit mask codes and the other fields you can use.  See the Softkeys
section for information on what the softkeys do.

To select a different item 

   1.  Choose Select Item to select a different item to edit.

   2.  At the Edit-mask for item prompt, type the name of the item you
       want to edit and press Enter.

       If you don't know the name of the item, you can scroll though all
       the editable item names in the lineset by choosing Prev Item or
       Next Item.

To select a different lineset 

   1.  Choose Select Lineset to select a different lineset.

   2.  At the prompt, type the lineset type (D for detail, P for page, R
       for report, or a break level number) and type H for heading or F
       for footing if applicable.

   3.  Press Enter.

Banner Line 

The banner line (at the top of the screen) shows in which lineset the
current item is positioned.

Field Descriptions 

Item 

Display.  The current item.

Line/position  

Display.  The line and print field position of the item.

Length  

Optional.  The print field length defined for this item on the Define
Lines screen.  You can optionally change the length for this item.

Edit Mask  

Enter the edit mask using the codes displayed on the screen for the date
variables.  Note the following:

   *   Code characters must be entered in upper/lower case as indicated
       on the screen.

   *   D12 and M12 (see screen) can have up to 12 characters each.

   *   M - MMMM and D - DDD let you specify the number of letters in the
       abbreviations.

Justify  

Optional.  Use one of these codes:

L                     left justify

C                     center

R                     right justify

Default is L for left-justify.

Prefill With Character  

Optional.  The character to be printed instead of leading blanks before
the item value.  The default is leading blanks.

"No Value" Character  

Optional.  The print field is filled with this character if a resulting
item has no value.  For example, for a date field with no value, you
could specify that a hypen (-) be used (as shown on the sample screen).

"Error Value" Character  

Optional.  The print field is filled with this character if an error
value occurs.

Softkeys 

Select Item 

Prompts for the name of the item to be accessed.

Select Lineset 

Prompts for the level and type of lineset to be accessed.  You respond
with:

P (for page)        plus H (page heading) or F (page footing)

R (for report)      plus H (report heading) or F (report footing)

1 - 9 (break        plus H (break heading) or F (break footing)
level)

D (for detail
line)

The Item Edits screen for the selected lineset and the current item
appears.  The current item is the item that appears in the Item field.

Prev/Next Item 

Displays the previous or next item in the lineset.

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