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ADVANCE (AV)
ADVANCE (AV)
The ADVANCE; command is used in Reports or Shadow Reports to advance a specified
number of lines between Frames, or to advance to a new page. If a Shadow Report is
specified, only that Shadow Report is affected by the ADVANCE; command.
Which using Report Output Control (ROC) Reports, or non-ROC MCP based TP Reports,
an ADVANCE; NEW.PAGE command is ignored if no Report output has been produced,
since all Reports start at top-of-page. Page headings resulting from an ADVANCE;
command are not produced until further output is produced. This has two implications:
headings can be changed after an ADVANCE; command (but before output) and Reports
will not produce a final page containing only headings.
For MCP based non-ROC Reports that output to LP or RP, the ADVANCE; NEW.PAGE
command produces footers, a new page, and headings whenever it is executed.
ADVANCE; CHANNEL Variant
Syntax
Note: This variant is not valid on OS 2200 based LINC Systems, and is ignored in
LDA Run Time.
For UNIX and MCP based LINC Systems, the ADVANCE; CHANNEL command variant can
be used for Reports directed to an LP device. It is intended for printing on special
stationery.
For Reports directed to TP devices, (or RP devices in MCP based LINC Systems),
ADVANCE; CHANNEL 1 causes an advance to end-of-page, and any other channel causes
an advance of one line. If end-of-page is passed, the System Data item GLB.PAGECOUNT
is not incremented and no headings are printed. The System Data item GLB.LINECOUNT is
incremented by one.
For a UNIX LINC System, the shell variable COBLPFORM must be set for the ADVANCE;
CHANNEL command to have the desired effect. For Standard ROC Reports, the
COBLPFORM variable must be set when you initiate the ROC Output Report, not when the
Report is run. For Direct Reports, the COBLPFORM variable must be set when the Report
is run. For more details, see the Micro Focus COBOL for UNIX COBOL System Reference.
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