Quiz Page width problem

[Peter Bateman]

Hi Seamus

  Yes there is a limit.
  The workaround is to use a subfile instead of a report disc file.
  OR you could beak you long character string into 3 strings and use the 
SKIP option
  to put them on separate lines.

  SET SUBFILE xyz KEEP NODICTIONARY

Regards,
Peter Bateman

>From: "Seamus Browne" <Seamus.Browne@partage.org>
>To: <powerh-l@lists.sowder.com>
>Subject: Quiz Page width problem
>Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 17:33:33 +0100
>
>Hi,
>I'm having problem exporting a long field from Quiz on to my disc.
>I'm on a HP3000 and I want to create a file in CSV format.
>Trouble is that the length of my field is about 500 characters.
>
>This is it
>
>
>def header char *  508 =      &,
>Pack ("PATNUM" + ";" +        &,
>       "PATRAI" + ";" +        &,
>       "PATNOM" + ";" +        &,         etc..
>
>
>Then :
>def packet char * 508 =                  &,
>
>Pack (asc(PATNUM)   + ";" +     &,
>
>        PATRAI       + ";" +     &,
>
>        PATNOM       + ";" +     &,  etc
>
>
>Then  :
>
>:purge lftest
>:build lftest ;rec=-512,,f,ascii
>set rep dev disc name lftest
>
>That part seems OK.
>
>Then I do
>
>  init head header
>  set page len 0
>  set rep spa  0
>  rep packet
>  go
>
>I get this message from QUIZ
>*E* Can't report an element exceeding PAGE WIDTH specification.
>
>Limit seems to be 256.
>Any way round this ?
>
>TIA
>
>Seamus
>
>
>
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