Introduction to ENFORM

Controlling the Appearance of the Report
Using ENFORM to Produce Complete Reports
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Entering the following statements, which assume the ENFORM defaults, will produce
the report in Figure 4-12.
OPEN parts;
LIST partnum, inventory, locations;
Figure 4-12. Standard Report Using ENFORM Formatting Defaults
PARTNUM INVENTORY LOCATION
212 7 J87
244 3 B78
4102 9 K45
4103 7 K43
6201 -1 A34
7102 2 F76
7301 3 H76
In this report: numeric fields are right-aligned; headings are the defaults from the
dictionary; character strings are left-aligned; and the spacing between columns is two
spaces. These are the defaults.
Specifying Column
Headings
The column headings for the report in Figure 4-12 are not very meaningful because
they use the field names from the dictionary description. There are two ways to
generate meaningful headings on the report: (1) use the ENFORM HEADING clause,
or (2) change the dictionary description of the record.
Using the Heading Clause to Specify Column Headings
Entering:
OPEN parts;
LIST partnum HEADING "PART NUMBER",
inventory HEADING "ITEM/IN/STOCK",
location HEADING "WAREHOUSE/LOCATION";
will generate the report in Figure 4-13.
Figure 4-13. Standard Report With User-Specified Headings
ITEMS WAREHOUSE
PART NUMBER IN STOCK LOCATION
212 7 J87
244 3 B78
4102 9 K45
4103 7 K43
6201 -16 A34
7102 20 F76
7301 32 H76