control level indicators

Hey!  An RPG question on the RPG list?  Yeah!!!

Hoo-boy!  You get 20 lashes for still using control level indicators. <g>

You are correct, a level break always occurs when the first record is read.
But you need to distinguish between detail-time level break and total-time
level break.  So, a DETAIL level break always occurs when the first record is
read.

     C   L1   <=== this is a detail-time level break calc
     CL1      <=== this is a total-time level break calc

Typically, a detail-time level break performs housecleaning tasks, like
initializing variables, perhaps forcing the printing of the header on a new
page.

Total-time level breaks are normally used to print totals on a report, maybe
do summary processing.

It sounds like you want to avoid processing the first record's detail-time
level break.  Move the code to a total-time level break.

Dan Bale
IT - AS/400
Handleman Company
248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
D.Bale@Handleman.com
  Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur.
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-------------------------- Original Message --------------------------
hello,

 Can anyone tell me what will be the value of the control level indicators
after the first read  of a primary file ? If it is ' ON' , a control break
will occur in the first record itself .How can we handle such a situation ?

thanks!

Pedro Salé Reis
MIS Assistent
Deptº Informática
Hilti (PORTUGAL)
Tel. +351 22 956 8145
Fax. +351 22 953 76 96
E-mail reisped@hilti.com
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