FORM.MAIN

Use FORM.MAIN to make simple changes to a report or chart. Other panels (see Table 7, below) work with FORM.MAIN to modify the appearance of reports or charts.

Everything entered on FORM.MAIN is automatically reflected in a corresponding entry area on one of the other form panels. However, not all of the entry areas on the other panels are reflected on FORM.MAIN.

There are two areas on the FORM.MAIN and FORM.COLUMNS panels that are not entry areas. The Total Width of Report Columns and NUM areas are described under Nonentry Areas.

Entry areas  A  through  F  correspond to identical entry areas on the FORM.COLUMNS panel. If all the columns in the form are not visible on the FORM.MAIN panel, you can scroll forward and backward to see them.

With these entry areas you can:

 A 

Assign column headings (page***)

 B 

Choose how to process columns (page***)

 C 

Adjust indentation of columns (page***)

 D 

Adjust width of columns (page***)

 E 

Specify formatting of columns (page***)

 F 

Change the sequence of columns (page***)

Reports: The order of columns in the form is determined by the way they are specified in the query. Change the order of columns in the report by using the automatic reorder option or by changing the sequence (SEQ) column ( F ) on the FORM.MAIN panel. For a description of the automatic reordering option, see page***.

Charts: Of these six entry areas, COLUMN HEADING, USAGE, WIDTH, and EDIT apply to charts. The codes that appear in the USAGE entry area affect processing. For more information, see FORM.COLUMNS; Usage Codes; and Edit Codes.

Entry areas  G  through  J  have corresponding form panels. The page number on which these corresponding form panels are described follows the entry area name.

 G  PAGE (pageFORM.PAGE)

Reports: Enter one line of page heading and footing text for a report. QMF determines the horizontal and vertical placement of the heading and footing lines. The PAGE entry area corresponds to two entry areas on the FORM.PAGE panel.

Charts: Whatever appears in the PAGE entry area for a report heading also appears on a chart as the heading. Footing text cannot be specified for a chart.

 H  FINAL (pageFORM.FINAL)

Reports: Enter one line of final text for a report. The default placement of the line can be changed on the FORM.FINAL panel. The FINAL entry corresponds to one entry on the FORM.FINAL panel.

 I  BREAK1 and BREAK2 (pageFORM.BREAKn)

Reports: Enter footing text for up to two levels of breaks, and specify whether to start a new page each time the value in the control column changes. QMF determines the horizontal and vertical placement of the break footings. The BREAK1 and BREAK2 entry areas correspond to entry areas on the FORM.BREAK1 and the FORM.BREAK2 panels.

 J  OPTIONS (pageFORM.OPTIONS)

Reports: Change two options that affect the overall format of a report. For reports with breaks, use the OUTLINE option to determine whether QMF displays the value of the break column on each tabular data line of the report. YES displays the value in the BREAK column only when the value itself changes.

For reports with breaks, use the DEFAULT BREAK TEXT option to determine whether to generate default break footing text to mark the BREAK aggregation line. When you do not enter any break footing text, YES displays a default break footing of asterisks.

This entry area corresponds to two entry areas on the FORM.OPTIONS panel.