High Voltage Shareware/high1.zip/high1/DIR16/MEMARR.ZIP/README.TXT

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   Printing memo fields using the Report Template

This example was created to show an alternative way to
print memo fields using the Report Template.  This method
does not handle re-wordwrapping of the memo.   You have
to print the memo with the same number of columns used when
entering the memo.

This example prints the memo field as the last line of the
body.  Instead of placing the memo field in the Detail band
I created a new band (CTRL-N) called MEMOBODY.  This MEMOBODY
band has one line that contains a string the width of the memo.
To print this new band I first created  an array of Strings
(in the Data source area) that was defined OVER the memo field.
Example: OVERMEMO    STRING(10),DIM(300),OVER(dum:note)
I used the (Detail Post-Print Code for:Detail) source area to
print the memo.  In this area I first loop backward through
the array over the memo to find the last line of the memo
that contains characters.  After determining the last line of
the memo with data I loop forward through the array and print
each line of the memo.   Page overflow is automatically detected
based on the page length and the Page Footer is printed.

Note: You could use the ALLOW attribute on the MEMOBODY band
to allow for a minimal number of lines on the page before starting
a new memo.