Hiding a footing in Quiz

[Michel Adam]

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.

Michel

On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 1:55 PM, David Morrison <
DMorrison at mcbrideelectric.com> wrote:

>  Thanks, Michel; I've used a variation of this trick, too!****
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> I define a non-printable (but not the space) character so you don't even
> see the period (in EBCDIC, I use Hex 41).****
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> Thanks.****
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> David Morrison
> PRISM consultant****
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> *From:* Michel Adam [mailto:michel.adam at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, January 13, 2012 12:51 PM
> *To:* Karen Barrett
> *Cc:* David Morrison; PowerhouseList Post
> *Subject:* Re: Hiding a footing in Quiz****
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> That was the standard trick.****
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> 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.****
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> Michel Adam****
>
> GNWT****
>
> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Karen Barrett <kbarrett00 at hotmail.com>
> wrote:****
>
> I'll try it thanks!****
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> From: DMorrison at mcbrideelectric.com
> To: kbarrett00 at hotmail.com; powerh-l at lists.sowder.com
> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:16:19 -0800
> Subject: RE: Hiding a footing in Quiz****
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> Karen,****
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>  ****
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> How about this:****
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> 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).****
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>  ****
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> Thanks.****
>
>  ****
>
> David Morrison
> PRISM consultant****
>
>  ****
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> *From:* powerh-l-bounces+dmorrison=mcbrideelectric.com at lists.sowder.com[mailto:
> powerh-l-bounces+dmorrison=mcbrideelectric.com at lists.sowder.com] *On
> Behalf Of *Karen Barrett
> *Sent:* Friday, January 13, 2012 12:08 PM
> *To:* PowerhouseList Post
> *Subject:* Hiding a footing in Quiz****
>
>  ****
>
> Hey,****
>
> 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.****
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> 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?****
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> Thanks in advance,****
>
>  ****
>
> Karen Barrett****
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