Data Definition Language (DDL) Reference Manual

Definition Attributes

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HEADING

The HEADING clause specifies a default field heading for values listed on Enform Plus

reports or displayed on screens generated by ENABLE and Pathmaker.

report-heading

is either a string of ASCII or national characters (enclosed in quotation marks) or

the name of a constant in the open dictionary. The value of the constant must be a

string of ASCII or national characters.

LN-clause

specifies the locale name for value (see LN on page 6-13).

A slash (/) within report-heading indicates a line break in an Enform Plus heading.

A slash within report-heading indicates a line break in a Pathmaker field only if the

item format is tabular. If the item format is compressed or uncompressed, a slash

within report-heading is replaced by a blank space.

If the HEADING clause is omitted for a field or group, the field or group name is the

default heading.

A heading specified in the DDL HEADING clause can be overridden by the Enform

Plus product or suppressed by the ENABLE or Pathmaker product.

Example 6-6 on page 6-9 and Example 6-7 on page 6-9 give the same result. The

named constant in Example 6-7 on page 6-9 must be in the open dictionary.

Note. The DDL compiler ignores this clause when generating host-language source code.

HEADING report-heading [ LN-clause ]...

Example 6-6. Multiline Heading in Enform Plus

HEADING Clause

DEF ordernum PICTURE X(3) HEADING "Order/Number" .

Heading Displayed

Order

Number

Example 6-7. Multiline Heading That Uses a Named Constant

CONSTANT ordernum-display VALUE "Order/Number".

DEF ordernum PICTURE X(3) HEADING ordernum-display.