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- From: shemminga@cix.compulink.co.uk (Stuart Hemming)
- Subject: Re: FORM FEED IN REPORTS
- Reply-To: shemminga@cix.compulink.co.uk
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 09:13:00 +0000
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- In-Reply-To: <1gnr51INNa7d@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> yaron@ortarg.edu.ar (Yaron Zarfati)
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- TITLE: FORM FEED IN REPORTS
-
- In <1gnr51INNa7d@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> Yaron Zarfati asks:
-
- > Hi, I need help on the behavior of the SKIP TO TOP OF FORM statement in
- > reports.
- >
- > When this statement is reached, informix fills the report with empty lines
- > until it reaches the number specified in the PAGE LENGTH statement.
- >
- > This slows down the printing, so what I would like to know is if does somebody
- > knows how to make informix to use the formfeed character ???
-
-
- Well, to start with you need v4.1 or later. Then in the OUTPUT
- section include TOP OF PAGE "^L". This assumes your formfeed
- character is control-l. If not replace the quoted string with the
- necessay codes. Note that the sting can only be 2 characters long.
-
- Hope this helps.
-
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