Formatting reports / Escape sequences / Axiant Quiz

[Chris Sharman]

oh@scanconsult.dk wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In order to print a very wide report (165 chars), I am (foolishly?) trying
> to embed an escape sequence in my Axiant Quiz report - the good ol'
> PowerHouse way :
> 
> access tbl_misc
> choose f_key "UNIQUERECORD"
> 
> def esc_num int*2   = 27
> def esc     char*1  = char(esc_num)[1:1]

This is an old chestnut. It's a big-endian/little-endian issue.
char()[2:1] will work (on some machines).
int*2 size 1 will work (on other machines).

The only truly universal & portable solution is:

def esc_num int*4 size 2 = 27*257 ; 27 in both bytes
def esc char*1 = char(esc_num)

I forget who first proposed this one, but it ought to be a FAQ.

Chris



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