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====== QTIPS - Aesthetically Improving RLIST Reports=====

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|Sprezzatura Ltd|01 DEC 1989|1.15+|EXPERT|RLIST, RTP15, FORM|

Paul Pickering of PIQ Ltd makes the useful observation that as all print
opcodes are routed via RTP15 (REVMEDIA passim) and this keeps track of the
line count, additional print statements may be introduced into RLIST reports
without page control being in any way compromised.

What this means in practical terms is that if you want to introduce
subheadings or special messages into an RLIST report than all you need to do
is add a symbolic onto the end of the RLIST statement with the form

         PRINT STR("=",70)
         PRINT MY.MESSAGE "C(*)#70"
         PRINT STR("=",70)
         @ANS = ""

and RTP15 will do the rest for you. Give it a try, it is incredibly
effective and with a little imagination can really improve your RLIST
reports. The same goes for any routine that goes via the RTP15 processor.
Try experimenting with FORM etc.


(Volume 1, Issue 7, Page 11)