basic.footing
Defines report footing.
Syntax
footing string.expression footing '{{text} {'options'}...}'
Description
designates a text string composed of literals and special options to output at the bottom of each page.
The 'footing' expression is treated as any Pick/BASIC character string and may be surrounded by double-quotes (') or backslashes (\) or the expression can be contained in a variable. Embedded 'footing' options must be enclosed within single quotes, to distinguish them from text. Multiple options may be enclosed in the same set of single quotes.
The 'footing' may be changed by a new 'footing' statement, and the new footing is output when the end of the current page is reached.
The 'page' statement is used to force pagination.
The 'system' function maintains line and page counters while 'heading' and 'footing' are active.
Options
* see 'options: footing'.
Example
footing ''lc'page 'pn' printed at 'tlc''
The above footing statement uses a literal string for the 'footing'
expression and produces a footing that looks as follows:
page '1' printed at 13:45:00 10 FEB 1992
footstring=''lc'page 'pn' printed at
'tlc''
footing footstring
The same footing expression can be placed in a variable, and the variable name
used in the 'footing' statement.
footing ''lc'page
'pn'':message:''l''
In this example, the 'footing' expression is a compound string
expression.
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