Yep, way back in my MPE days, I encountered some funky behaviour with a printer, so I settled for a printable character. Never had time to explore further the problem. The users were OK with a period, so that was that.<div>
<br></div><div>Michel<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 1:55 PM, David Morrison <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:DMorrison@mcbrideelectric.com">DMorrison@mcbrideelectric.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Thanks, Michel; I've used a variation of this trick, too!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I define a non-printable (but not the space) character so you
don't even see the period (in EBCDIC, I use Hex 41).<u></u><u></u></span></p><div class="im">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Thanks.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:blue">David Morrison</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue"> <br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:blue">PRISM consultant<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Michel Adam
[mailto:<a href="mailto:michel.adam@gmail.com" target="_blank">michel.adam@gmail.com</a>] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 13, 2012 12:51 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Karen Barrett<br>
<b>Cc:</b> David Morrison; PowerhouseList Post<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Hiding a footing in Quiz<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">That was the standard trick.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The other one was to have defined item(s) that were just
either 'blank' or a '.' (period), so that you could control the printing of
'blank' lines when using SET NOBLANK, and force one to print. You would put the
defined at the far right (or left). A period was often the least conspicuous
character you could use.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Michel Adam<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">GNWT<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Karen Barrett <<a href="mailto:kbarrett00@hotmail.com" target="_blank">kbarrett00@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I'll try it thanks!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">From: <a href="mailto:DMorrison@mcbrideelectric.com" target="_blank">DMorrison@mcbrideelectric.com</a><br>
To: <a href="mailto:kbarrett00@hotmail.com" target="_blank">kbarrett00@hotmail.com</a>;
<a href="mailto:powerh-l@lists.sowder.com" target="_blank">powerh-l@lists.sowder.com</a><br>
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:16:19 -0800<br>
Subject: RE: Hiding a footing in Quiz<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Karen,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">How
about this:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">You
can move figures to temporaries only if your conditions are met; use BWZ on
your numerics; and don't print blank lines (SET NOBLANKS).</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Thanks.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:blue">David Morrison</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue"> <br>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
powerh-l-bounces+dmorrison=<a href="mailto:mcbrideelectric.com@lists.sowder.com" target="_blank">mcbrideelectric.com@lists.sowder.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:powerh-l-bounces%2Bdmorrison" target="_blank">powerh-l-bounces+dmorrison</a>=<a href="mailto:mcbrideelectric.com@lists.sowder.com" target="_blank">mcbrideelectric.com@lists.sowder.com</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Karen Barrett<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 13, 2012 12:08 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> PowerhouseList Post<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Hiding a footing in Quiz</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Hey,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Does anyone
remember how to hide a footing when no record? I have a report where I only
want to print if a particular set of detail records exists for the master file.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Nothing in
the Footing At statement helps. Do I define a line as blank if no record? Won't
that make an extra empty line?</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Thanks in
advance,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Karen
Barrett</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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