Cobol Report Writer

[butler]

Greetings,

I have a program a detail line, and 4 levels of control breaks. I let the user decide what level of detail he wants to show, and use SUPPRESS PRINTING to only print what the user wants to see. It works but I have two thing that seem like they should be simple but am struggling with.

1. If the user does not want to see detail-line, then I want to single space the lowest control break. If the user wants to see detail, I want a space before and after the lowest control break. I've tried manually adjusting the LINE-COUNTER and other tricks but nothing is working.

2. If the user does not want to see the detail-line, I want to use a different heading.

Any pros out there with some advice for a novice?
--bill

 

[webrabbit]

1. Do not specify double-space, generate a blank line to double-space when you want it.

2. Specify the heading as an 80-byte (or whatever) variable, and put the text you want in it.