Report underline

[Kenneth Brody]

On 8/20/2014 11:04 AM, Richard Kreiss wrote:
> Ken,
>
> I checked for the *
>
> That code is beyond the form width which is 96. Printing with a 12 pitch font.

I don't understand.  How is a print code there, but "beyond the form width"?

> Using a standard Jim Asman print table.
>
> As I indicated, I expanded the width to 255 and that code did not appear. Returned to 96 an printed the report with the same code appearing.
>
> I may have to try coping this report or recreating it to see if I can get rid of the stray print code.

Is it there or not?  Making a copy will copy all print codes, "stray" or 
otherwise.

>
> Richard
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Aug 20, 2014, at 10:21 AM, Kenneth Brody <kenbrody at spamcop.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On 8/20/2014 10:16 AM, Richard Kreiss wrote:
>>> I ran into an odd problem with a report for one of my clients.
>>>
>>> Width 96
>>>
>>> The last line of the header has at the start - (5) underline on and at the end (6) underline off.
>>>
>>> Whenever he ran this report after the first record everything was underlined.  I checked for a stray (5) underline on and could not find one.
>>>
>>> I finally printed the report to file and found the stray (5) underline on - see below after Contact is underline off and beyond that is underline on.
>>>
>>> &d@                                      LEVY, GOLDBERG & STETTNER                    Page: 2
>>>           Run Date:Aug 20, 2014           Vendor Listing
>>>
>>>                                    (s3B &d3D   10  DRESSES & SUITS          &d@ (s0B
>>>                                                             Phone #
>>> &d3D     Vendor                    Address                      FAX #         R    Contact         &d@                                            &d3D
>>>
>>>
>>> Problem is that underline on cannot be found or seen on the output.  I even set the report width to 255 and it is  not there.
>>>
>>> I added in an (6) underline off at the start of each record to insure the underline is off.
>>>
>>> Has anyone seen this type of problem or how this can happen?
>>
>> Unless there is a field on the format which contains that escape sequence, then it's there on the format itself.  (Or there is another print code which includes that sequence, either directly or indirectly.)
>>
>> Look for the "*" indicator on the ruler to see where print codes are for each line.

-- 
Kenneth Brody