SET PAGEWIDTH

SET PAGEWIDTH

Class

Printing

Purpose

Defines page width in output files

Syntax

SET PAGEWIDTH TO <expN>

See Also

BROWSE, DISPLAY, LIST, REPORT, SET DESCRIPTIONS, SET HEADING, SET PAGELENGTH

Description

The SET PAGEWIDTH TO <expN> command sets the width in an output file created from one of the DISPLAY | LIST...TO FILE commands. The page number is centered accordingly on the bottom line of the page. When used in conjunction with the LIST | DISPLAY ... TO FILE, SET DESCRIPTIONS, SET PAGELENGTH and SET HEADING commands, SET PAGEWIDTH provides the ability to produce quick reports.

Example

set pagelength to 60
set pagewidth to 65
use demo
list fields acc_prefix, acc_no, ord_value, name;
  to file accounts.txt;
  for ord_date = ("01/02/2009")

Products

Recital Database Server, Recital Mirage Server, Recital Terminal Developer