The Width property specifies the width of one physical page (including the margin) in the Unit of Measurement (for example, 8.5 inches).
Applies to |
Sections |
Values |
Enter a valid width of zero or more. The maximum width depends upon the Unit of Measurement. For inches, the maximum width is 512 inches. For centimeters, it is 1,312 centimeters. For points, it is 36,864 points. |
Default |
8.5 inches |
Required/Optional |
Required |
The page must be large enough to contain the section. For example, if a frame in a section expands to a size larger than the Width, the report will not run.
If you change the Unit of Measurement after you have already specified the Width, the Width will automatically change to the approximate width in the new Unit of Measurement.
If you change the Width or Height of the physical page, the size of the logical page will change accordingly, so that the dimensions of the margin are preserved wherever possible.
Caution: On some printers the printable area of the physical page is restricted. For example, the sheet of paper a printer takes may be 8.5 x 11 inches, but the printer might only be able to print on an area of 8 x 10.5 inches. If you define a Width and Height that is bigger than the printable area your printer allows, clipping may occur in your report output. To avoid clipping, you can either increase the printable area for the printer (if your operating system allows it) or you can set the Width and Height to be the size of the printable area of the page.
You can override the dimensions of a page by specifying different values for the PAGESIZE keyword on the command line.
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