DECLARE-TABLE

Function

Defines a template for a table.

Syntax

DECLARE-TABLE table_template_name
COLUMN-COUNT=number_of_columns
[COLUMN-ATTRIBUTES=({column number},{keyword1},{value1}, ..., {keywordn},{valuen})]
[ROW-ATTRIBUTES=({keyword1},{value1}, ..., {keywordn},{valuen})]
[TABLE-ATTRIBUTES=({keyword1},{value1}, ..., {keywordn},{valuen})]

Arguments

table_template_name

Name of the table template. Valid values include alphanumeric characters (A-Z, 0–9), underscore (_), and dash (-). Do not use the reserved word NONE.

COLUMN-COUNT

Number of columns in the table.

COLUMN-ATTRIBUTES

Attributes to apply to column cells.

Table 36. Column Attributes

Attribute	Description
BACKGROUND	Background color name or RGB triplet. Default=NONE
BOLD	YES \| NO
CENTER	YES \| NO
FILL-COLOR	Fill color name or RGB triplet. Default=NONE
FONT	Font number. Cannot specify a default value
FOREGROUND	Foreground color name or RGB triplet. Default=BLACK
ITALIC	YES \| NO
LEADING	Expressed in decipoints
LINE-COLOR	Color name or RGB triplet of column line (line after column). Default=NONE (no line)
LINE-STYLE	Column line style (SOLID, SQUARE-DOT, DASH, DASH-DOT, LONG-DASH, LONG-DASH-DOT,LONG-DASH-DOT-DOT). Default=SOLID
LINE-THICKNESS	Thickness of the column line expressed in decipoints. Default=two decipoints
POINT-SIZE	Point size of the font. Cannot specify a default value.
UNDERLINE	YES \| NO
WIDTH	Width expressed in coordinate units. Cannot specify a default value
WRAP	YES \| NO \| maximum number of lines
WRAP-HEIGHT	Number of lines between each wrapped line. Default=one line
WRAP-ON	Characters on which to force a WRAP. The default is not to force a WRAP

ROW-ATTRIBUTES

Attributes to apply to rows.

Table 37. Row Attributes

Attribute	Description
BORDER-COLOR	Color name or RGB triplet. Default=NONE (no border)
BORDER-LINE-STYLE	The border line style (SOLID, SQUARE-DOT, DASH, DASH-DOT, LONG-DASH, LONG-DASH-DOT, LONG-DASH-DOT-DOT). Default=SOLID
BORDER-THICKNESS	Border thickness expressed in decipoints. Default=two decipoints
FILL-COLOR	Fill color name or RGB triplet. Default=NONE
HEIGHT	Number of lines between each printed row. Default=one line
LINE-COLOR	Color name or RGB triplet. Default=NONE (no line)
LINE-STYLE	Row line style (SOLID, SQUARE-DOT, DASH, DASH-DOT, LONG-DASH, LONG-DASH-DOT,LONG-DASH-DOT-DOT). Default=SOLID
LINE-THICKNESS	Line thickness expressed in decipoints. Default=two decipoints

TABLE-ATTRIBUTES

Attributes for the appearance of the table.

Table 38. Table Attributes

Attribute	Description
BORDER-COLOR	Color name or RGB triplet. Default=NONE (no border)
BORDER-LINE-STYLE	The border line style (SOLID, SQUARE-DOT, DASH, DASH-DOT, LONG-DASH, LONG-DASH-DOT, LONG-DASH-DOT-DOT). Default=SOLID
BORDER-THICKNESS	Border thickness expressed in decipoints. Default=two decipoints
FILL-COLOR	Fill color name or RGB triplet. Default=NONE
LEADING	Expressed in decipoints. Default=0 decipoints

Description

Use DECLARE-TABLE in the BEGIN-SETUP section to define a template for a table.

Example

declare-table template4
    column-count=3
    column-attributes=(0,'line-color',('blue'))
    column-attributes=(2,'point-size',16,'font',4,
       'bold','No','italic','yes','center','yes',
       'fill-color',('red'))
    column-attributes=(3,'point-size',8,'font',300,
       'bold','YES','italic','yes','center','yes')
    row-attributes=('line-color',('green'),'height',5)
  end-declare