HP System Dictionary/XL SDMAIN Reference Manual (32256-90001)

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COMMENT
Allows the addition of descriptions and/or instructions into the command stream for documentation
purposes.
Syntax
COM[MENT] [text ] [.]
You can specify zero or more characters after the COMMENT command. The comment must be contained
on one line. If the comment needs to span more than one line, you must begin each line with the word
COMMENT. A period following the command is optional.
The system ignores all lines preceded by COMMENT and simply writes them to the log file before
prompting for the next line. The only time that comments are not written to the log file is during
processing of a START/SAVE reporting command pair. Thus, once you issue the START command, no
comments are logged until after you issue the SAVE command.
Open Mode: Any
Scope: Any
Example
The following example adds three lines of comments to the command stream and log file.
>COMMENT The following commands define all elements that
>COMMENT exist in the SALES-REP data set and adds them
>COMMENT to that data set.
>
CONFIGURE
Defines the output environment, such as screen and paper sizes, spacing information, page breaks, and
output destination.
Syntax
CON[FIGURE]
[;S[CREEN-]L[ENGTH] = screen-length ]
[;S[CREEN-]W[IDTH] = screen-width ]
[;P[AGE-]L[ENGTH] = page-length ]
[;P[AGE-]W[IDTH] = page-width ]
[;LEFT = left-margin ]
[;RIGHT = right-margin ]
[;TOP = top-margin ]
[;BOT[TOM] = bottom-margin ]
[;OUT[PUT] = output-dest ]
[;S[INGLE-]S[PACE]]