Re: Footing question

[Greg Gargett <ggargett@SEANET.COM>]

i've had similar problems.  fwiw, i don't use max-lines. i just use
top-margin and bottom-margin, scooching the bottom-margin up until i
don't have the problem.

Greg

Darwin Anderson wrote:

> I have the following footing.  When I use the
> delivered 'setup01a.sqc' (code below) it prints as expected,
> at the bottom of each page.
>
> But, when I try to use the attached Declare-Printer and
> Declare-Layout code the footing appears at the bottom of the
> first page.  On every subsequent page, appears at the TOP
> of an otherwise blank page.  It looked like the top to bottom
> page size was whacked out causing the footing to wrap to
> a new page ( the Max-lines command).
>
> I have varied the max-lines from 40 to 60 without any change
> in results.
>
> +++++++++++++++ footing section code +++++++++++++
>
> BEGIN-FOOTING 2
>
> IF $report_end = 'N'
>   PRINT 'PAC Contribution Report continues'  (2)  Center
> ELSE
>   PRINT 'END OF PAC Contribution Report (AL_PACrp)'
> (2)  Center
> END-IF
>
> END-FOOTING
>
> ++++++++++   Setup section code +++++++++++++++++
>
> BEGIN-SETUP
> THIS STMT PRODUCES CORRECT FOOTINGS
>
> #INCLUDE 'setup01a.sqc'
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> THIS STMT PRODUCES INCORRECT FOOTINGS
>
> DECLARE-PRINTER HP-DEFINITION        ! enlarged font
>   TYPE=HP
>   FONT=3
>   PITCH=10
> END-DECLARE
>
> DECLARE-LAYOUT DEFAULT_PORTRAIT      ! portrait
>   PAPER-SIZE=(8.5, 11.0)
>   LEFT-MARGIN=0.5
>   RIGHT-MARGIN=0.5
>   MAX-LINES=52
>   ORIENTATION=PORTRAIT           ! 75 columns for printing
> END-DECLARE
>
> END-SETUP
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> I'm running on SYBASE 11.0.2.1
> SQRW 3.0.13.2
>
> all advice greatly appreciated
> TIA
> Darwin Anderson
> dander03@avis.com