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Print Program Generator (PPGen) User GuideField FormatsThe print program generator uses Progress’ standard field formats to describe howthe field’s value should be printed. A format consists of a string of characters thatrepresent the data to be printed. The format symbols are:X Represents any character (letters, numbers, symbols, etc.)(n) Used with ‘X’ above. n denotes the number of times to repeat ‘X’. Forexample, the format “XXXXX” can also be written as “X(5)”.9 Represents any digit. Letters and blanks are not allowed.Z Same as ‘9’ above, but leading zeroes are replaced with a blank.> Same as ‘9’ above, but leading zeroes are removed. No blanks are added.< Same as ‘>’ above, but are used to the right of the decimal place. Theremust also be an equal number or more ‘>’ symbols to the left of thedecimal place.- Prints a negative sign if a number is negative, and a blank if it is positive.+ Same as ‘-‘ above, but prints a plus sign when the number is positive.There are other characters that can also be used in formats, such as ‘.’ and ‘,’ innumbers.Below are some examples of formats and how they affect the printing:Format "Bluebird" Format "1234.56" "-56.789" "123"X(8) Bluebird -ZZZ,ZZ9.99 1,234.56 - 56.79 123.00X(4) Blue ->>>,>>9.99 1,234.56 -56.79 123.00XXXX Blue +>>99.9999< +1234.56 -56.7890 +123.0000X(10) Bluebird ZZZ,999.9 1,234.6 ERROR 123.0->999.9< 1234.6 -056.79 123.0Date formats are fairly straightforward. The format “99/99/99” prints the datewith a 2-digit year, and the format “99/99/9999” prints the date with a 4-digit year. Ifyou are printing a date with a 2-digit year and that date is outside the range of thecentury (-yy) parameter, you will get an error. In this case, you must use the 4-digityear.Phone numbers normally print out as a string of numbers. To make it easier toread, you can change the format to something like “(XXX) XXX-XXXX”. Thenumbers will print in the X’s, with the parentheses and dash.© 2011 Bluebird Auto Rental Systems (BARS) 35
Print Program Generator (PPGen) User GuideExport File LayoutThe Export function creates a text file that can be read into another database usingthe Import function. This makes it possible to move print programs between systems,and to save a print program before changes are made to it, so you can revert back tothe original. Below is an example of an export file:"^Created: 01/29/02 12:48:02""^Revision: ppgen.w 3.0.3""Êxport Ver: v4""ÎD^RA-95102""^Product^Vehicles""^Type^Contracts""^Customer^Reynolds""^FormID^RA-95102""^CPI^12""^TopMar^0""^BotMar^0""^LeftMar^0""^RightMar^0""^Laser^no""^Font^0""^Point^0""Ôrient^P""^WinDrv^no""ÊxtOrder^""^SubTot1^""^SubTot2^""^SubTot3^""^SubTot4^""^SubTot5^""^SubTot6^""^SubTot7^""^SubTot8^""^SubTot9^""ÊndHeader^"3 3 "CHAR" "X(35)" 35 "Renter" "FullName" "" "OC" 0 "" 0 "" "" 0 "" "" "" "" "" 0 "" 0 no no no no "" "" 0 0 no3 55 "character" "X(10)" 10 "Vehicle" "UnitNum" "" "OC" 0 "" 0 "" "" 0 "" "" "" "" "" 0 "" 0 no no no no "" "" 0 0no3 76 "character" "X(9)" 9 "Vehicle" "LicenseNum" "" "OC" 0 "" 0 "" "" 0 "" "" "" "" "" 0 "" 0 no no no no "" "" 00 no4.5 3 "character" "X(30)" 30 "Company" "Name" "" "OC" 0 "" 0 "" "" 0 "" "" "" "" "" 0 "" 0 no no no no "" "" 0 0noThe first three lines have information about when the file was created, and withwhat version of ppgen.w.The next set of lines contains “tags” which consist of a label and data, separatedby carets (^). Most of these fields come from options such as Form Info, Margins,Subtotals, etc.All subsequent lines are print program field records, one per line. They containinformation such as Line, Column, Data Type, Format, etc.© 2011 Bluebird Auto Rental Systems (BARS) 36
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