Specify Break Fields
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Specify Break Fields
Database file . . . . . . : QAFCPFDDTA
Library . . . . . . . . : QGPL
Record format . . . . . . : PRODMASTER
Type option, press Enter.
1=Select
Opt Field Length Type Text
NAME 15 C PRODUCT NAME
CODE 8 C PRODUCT CODE
NATION 15 C THE COUNTRY NAME DEVELOPED
PRICE 3,ð P PRODUCT PRICE
AMOUNT 4,ð P AMOUNT OF STOCK
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F3=Exit F5=Refresh F12=Cancel
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This display allows you to specify which fields will cause a page break when you
want start a new page according to the field value in the record even if the number
of the records in the current page does not reach the page maximum. When the
value of the record in the specified fields is not equal to that of the previous record,
the Print Format Utility starts a new page before printing the record.
|If two or more fields are specified as break fields, a page break occurs when the
|value of any of the specified fields for a record is not equal to that of the previous
|record. On this display, the names, the length, the type, and the descriptions of the
fields in the specified database file are listed.
The following table explains each field of the Specify Break Fields display.
Field Name Description
Database file Shows the name of the database file specified on the Specify Database
File display.
Library Shows the name of the library in which the database file resides.
Record format Shows the name of the record format specified on the Specify
Database File display.
1=Select Allows the selection of a field from the list.
Opt Type 1 in the
Opt
column beside fields to be selected. The selected
fields which cause the page break are called 'break fields'.
Field Shows the names of the fields which are contained in the specified
record format.
Length Shows the lengths of the fields which are contained in the specified
record format.
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