COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs

Data Division
HP COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs—522555-006
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File Description Entries
foot
is either an unsigned integer literal or the data-name of an elementary unsigned
numeric integer data item. Its value is the line number within the page body at
which the footing area begins, so it must be greater than 0 and not greater than the
value of body. The default is body +1.
top
is either an unsigned integer literal or the data-name of an elementary unsigned
numeric integer data item. Its value is the number of lines in the top margin of the
logical page. The default is 0.
bottom
is either an unsigned integer literal or the data-name of an elementary unsigned
numeric integer data item. Its value is the number of lines in the bottom margin of
the logical page. The default is 0.
Example 7-4. LINAGE Clauses
LINAGE IS 60 LINES WITH FOOTING AT 51,
LINES AT TOP 0, LINES AT BOTTOM 3
LINAGE IS NUMBER-OF-TEXT-LINES, LINES AT TOP TEXT-OFFSET,
LINES AT BOTTOM REST-OF-PAGE