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"get_page" if it is the only text on the line.
get_total_pages - Prints total number of pages
Syntax: " " get_total_pages
Description: Similar to get_page, but only prints the actual number of pages.
This allows site specific text (e.g. non-English language) to be included in the
pagination sequence. Also see get_current_page.
lat_char - Print latitude/longitude characters
Description: Include this print function only when latitude and longitude data are
each stored as a single field; omit this parameter when data are stored as separate
degrees, minutes, and seconds fields (see "Sample FORMCAP," page D-1 ).
When used, lat_char inserts the degree and second characters specified in
degree_char= and seconds_char=" (described under "Required
parameters," page 12-5).
multi_line_field - Print multi-line field
Syntax: multi_line_field_2_85.0
multi_line_field_3
Description: Causes a field, on the current control line, to print on (two or
more) lines with a "right margin" at an x value specified as . If the
second parameter is not specified, the lines wrap at
right_margin# (see page 12-5).
number_down - Print the number of lots printed
Description: Include this print function to print the total number of lots (forms)
printed on the current document. Useful on loan invoices, multi-lot labels, and
reports.
paragraph - Starts a paragraph
Description: This function initiates a multi-line field with a variable number of
lines and optionally a right margin at the real number
specified. There are at least two purposes for this function. When included with
a single data field, such as primary.remarks, it can be used to cause printing to
only take up as much space as required for the data in that field. For this use
include the end_paragraph function (see above) on the same line. Another
similar use is to include several data fields (which can optionally be on as many
control lines as necessary) within a single paragraph, each immediately following
the preceding with line wrap where appropriate.
print_if[] - Print if condition is met
Syntax: print_if[locality.lat_degrees]
print_if[first_form]
print_if[last_form]
Description: For the current control line, suppresses printing of all items (literal
text or data) if specified condition is not met: if refers to a data field
(; e.g., locality.lat_degrees), suppresses printing if the
data value in the field of the current record is blank for string, zstring, or note
data types; zero (or missing) for integer or float data types; or "N" (zero) for
logical data type; or, if is first_form or last_form, suppresses printing
for all iterations of the form except the first or last. Two examples of use are:
Suppression of printing of degree, minute and second symbols for latitude and
longitude fields when data is absent; and printing a summary line only after the
last form (lot) as on an invoice ("Total Number of Lots ="). The first_form and
last_form parameters may be useful in header and footer FORMCAP entries as
well as body entries for flexibility in printing header and footer information on
multi-page documents. A field name parameter need not refer to a field actually
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