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End of Layout Section property

The End of Layout Section property determines where the Paper Design view will stop searching for aligned objects. This property is used primarily for character-mode reports and is used to restrict the scope of search for matching objects.

Applies to

Frames

Values

Yes

The Paper Design view will stop searching for aligned objects at the end of the frame.

No

The Paper Design view will search for all objects aligned in the same direction.

Default

Varies according to the object.

Example

Suppose you have the following layout:

layout example

Normally, when you move an object in the Paper Design view, all the objects that align vertically/horizontally with that object will also move. In the above case showing a tabular layout, if you move F_empno, then Empno will, correctly, move. This enables you to make sure that objects that are related move together. However, in the above case, &CurrentDate will also move (which you do not want).

When you set the End of Layout Section property to Yes, you prune the search tree. In the above case, you could set the End of Layout Section property for the outer frame surrounding the tabular layout to Yes, and then &CurrentDate wouldn’t be considered to be related when you move F_empno.