RE: control level indicators

ok, thanks to all.


Pedro Salé Reis
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@@-  -----Mensagem original-----
@@-  De: D.BALE@handleman.com [mailto:D.BALE@handleman.com]
@@-  Enviada: Quinta-feira, 10 de Maio de 2001 22:02
@@-  Para: RPG400-L@midrange.com
@@-  Assunto: 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.
@@-    (Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.)
@@-  
@@-  -------------------------- 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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