PRINT

Function

Prints data on the page at a specified position.

Syntax

PRINT {any_lit|_var|_col} position[format_command[format_cmd_params]...]...

Arguments

any_lit|_var|_col

Data to print.

position

Position where the data is printed. (For additional information, see “Changing Fonts” in Volume 1 of the Hyperion SQR Production Reporting Developer's Guide.)

format_command[format_cmd_params]

Optional formatting commands and parameters.

Note:

Dates can be contained in a date column or variable, or in a string literal, column, or variable. When using EDIT or DATE with PRINT, a date in a string literal, column, or variable must be in an acceptable format. See the description for EDIT for further details.

Note:

Production Reporting DDO does not support printing of List variables.

Description

PRINT has the following format commands:

BACKGROUND EDIT POINT-SIZE

BOLD FILL SHADE

BOX FONT UNDERLINE

BOX-FILL-COLOR FOREGROUND URL

BOX-LINE-COLOR ITALIC URL-TARGET

CENTER MATCH WRAP

CENTER-WITHIN MONEY

CODE-PRINTER NOP

DATE NUMBER

DELAY ON-BREAK

Some format commands can be used with others and some are mutually exclusive. In Table 53, “” indicates which format commands can be used together.

Table 53. Valid Print Format Command Combinations

	BOLD	BOX	BOX- FILL- COLOR	BOX- LINE- COLOR	CENTER	CENTER- WITHIN	CODE- PRINTER	DELAY	EDIT NUMBER MONEY DATE	F I LL	FONT	F/B	I T AL I C	MATCH	N O P	ON- BREAK	POINT- SIZE	SHADE	UNDER LINE	URL URL- TARGET	WRAP
BOLD
BOX
BOX-FILL- COLOR
BOX-LINE-COLOR
CENTER
CENTER- WITHIN
CODE- PRINTER
DELAY
EDIT NUMBER MONEY DATE
FILL
FONT
F/B
ITALIC
MATCH
NOP
ON-BREAK
POINT-SIZE
SHADE
UNDER- LINE
URL URL- TARGET
WRAP

Note:

In the above table, F/B stands for FOREGROUND/BACKGROUND.

The following topics describe these format commands.