DISPLAY FROM(ACCTS) LIST(PLAIN) -
TITLE('Accounts Report for First Quarter') -
DATE(MD4/) BLANK -
HEADER('Amount') ON(12,6,ZD) -
HEADER(Id') ON(NUM) -
HEADER('Acct#') ON(31,3,PD) -
HEADER('Date') ON(1,4,ZD) -
TOTAL('Total for Q1') -
AVERAGE('Average for Q1')
DISPLAY FROM(ACCTS) LIST(FANCY) -
TITLE('Accounts Report for First Quarter') -
DATE(MD4/) BLANK -
HEADER('Amount') ON(12,6,ZD,C1,N08) -
HEADER(Id') ON(NUM,N02) -
HEADER('Acct#') ON(31,3,PD,NOST,LZ) -
HEADER('Date') ON(1,4,ZD,E'99/99',NOST) -
INDENT(2) BETWEEN(5) -
STATLEFT -
TOTAL('Total for Q1') -
AVERAGE('Average for Q1')
This example shows some options you can use to improve the appearance
of a DISPLAY report. The first DISPLAY operator produces a "plain"
report, and the second DISPLAY operator uses the options shown in bold to produce a "fancy" report.
The PLAIN output starts on a new page and looks as follows:
Accounts Report for First Quarter 05/04/2001
Amount Id Acct# Date
--------------- --------------- ------------------- --------------------
93271 1 15932 106
137622 2 187 128
83147 3 15932 212
183261 4 2158 217
76389 5 187 305
920013 6 15932 319
Total for Q1
1493703 50328 1287
Average for Q1
248950 8388 214
The FANCY output starts on a new page and looks as follows:
Accounts Report for First Quarter 05/04/2001
Amount Id Acct# Date
-------- --- ------ -----
932.71 1 15932 01/06
1,376.22 2 00187 01/28
831.47 3 15932 02/12
1,832.61 4 02158 02/17
763.89 5 00187 03/05
9,200.13 6 15932 03/19
Total for Q1 14,937.03
Average for Q1 2,489.50
Here is an explanation of the extra options used for the "fancy"
report:
- First ON field: In the PLAIN report, BLANK causes ICETOOL to print
the 6-byte ZD values as unedited digits with leading zeros suppressed.
But for this example, we know the digits really represent dollars
and cents. So in the FANCY report, we use the C1 formatting
item (one of thirty-three available masks) to print the values with
a comma (,) as the thousands separator and a period (.) as the decimal
point.
In the PLAIN report, TOTAL causes ICETOOL to allow 15 digits
for the values because it does not know how many digits are needed.
But for this example, we know the total amount will not exceed 8 digits.
So in the FANCY report, we use the N08 formatting
item to set the number of digits to 8. This decreases the column width
for the field.
- Second ON field: In the PLAIN report, NUM causes ICETOOL to allow
15 digits for the record number because it does not know how many
digits are needed. But for this example, we know the number of records
will not exceed 99. So in the FANCY report, we use the N02 formatting
item to set the number of digits to 2. This decreases the column width
for the record number.
- Third ON field: In the PLAIN report, TOTAL and AVERAGE cause ICETOOL
to print the total and average for this 3-byte PD field. But for this
example, we know we do not want statistics for the field because it
is an account number. So in the FANCY report, we use the NOST formatting
item to suppress the statistics for this field.
In the PLAIN report,
the default mask of A0 causes ICETOOL to suppress leading zeros for
this 3-byte PD field. But for this example, we know that we want to
show leading zeros for the field because it is an account number.
So in the FANCY report, we use the LZ formatting
item to print leading zeros for this field.
- Fourth ON field: In the PLAIN report, BLANK causes ICETOOL to
print the 4-byte ZD values as unedited digits with leading zeros suppressed.
But for this example, we know the digits represent a date (month and
day). So in the FANCY report, we use the E'99/99' formatting
item to print the values with leading zeros and a slash (⁄)
between the month and day.
In the PLAIN report, TOTAL and AVERAGE
cause ICETOOL to print the total and average for this 4-byte ZD field.
But for this example, we know we do not want the total or average
for this field because it is a date. So in the FANCY report, we use
the
NOST formatting item to suppress the statistics
for this field.
Note: In some applications, we might want
the minimum and maximum for a date displayed with E'pattern', so we
would not specify NOST for the date field.
- INDENT: In the PLAIN report, ICETOOL starts the report in column
2 (after the control character), by default. But for this example,
we want to indent the report a bit. So in the FANCY report, we use
the INDENT(2) operand to indent the report by
2 blanks so it starts in column 4.
- BETWEEN: In the PLAIN report, ICETOOL uses 3 blanks between the
columns of data, by default. But for this example, we want more space
between the columns. So in the FANCY report, we use the BETWEEN(5) operand
to insert 5 blanks between the columns.
- STATLEFT: In the PLAIN report, ICETOOL prints the strings for
TOTAL and AVERAGE under the first column of data, by default, and
uses two lines for each statistic to avoid having the string overlay
the value. But for this example, we would like to have the TOTAL and
AVERAGE strings stand out in the report and also have each string
on the same line as its value. So in the FANCY report, we use the STATLEFT operand to print the TOTAL and AVERAGE
strings to the left of the first column of data.