Irrational subfile behavior

[Ohmes, Matt]

Al, a reporter from the back of the room asks...

"Funny you mention subtotalling - I do invoke that arcane function....
Why does Quiz insist on redefining, on its own, my fine work??
And a follow-up, Mr. President....why DOESN'T QTP do auto-redefine??"

Hmmm.... First question first. Well, actually Quiz didn't redefine your
work. ;-)  You created a defined item of Zoned size 2, but you REPORTED a
summary result, not the defined item.  To illustrate:

Define X Zone*2 size 2 = 1 ; I hope I got that syntax right
Report &
  X pic "^^^" Heading "Defined^Item X" &
  X SUBTOTAL pic "^^^^^^" Heading "Summary^Item X"

I just reported 2 items, the first was a defined item, zoned size 2.  The
second was a floating point calculation result that happens to also have the
name X.  You'll notice the Picture and heading clauses follow the word
SUBTOTAL because the report item is X SUBTOTAL, not just X.

Now, as to the second question...
Huh?  What do you mean "auto-redefine"?

Matt

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