Compaq COBOL AAQ2G1FTK - Manual (Page 338)

Producing Printed Reports
10.8 Programming a Report Writer Report
With the GROUP INDICATE clause, the program produces the following output:
1 2 3
123456789012345678901234567890
Name
Registration
Number
Rolans R. 123456
123457
123458
Vencher R. 654321
654322
654323
654324
Anders J. 987654
987655
987656
10.8.13 Processing a Report Writer Report
In a Report Writer program, you usually use the following five statements:
• INITIATE
• GENERATE
• TERMINATE
• USE BEFORE REPORTING
• SUPPRESS
You must use the INITIATE, GENERATE, and TERMINATE statements. The
USE BEFORE REPORTING and the SUPPRESS statements are optional.
Before any Report Writer statement is executed, the report file must be open.
10.8.13.1 Initiating the Report
The INITIATE statement begins the report processing and is executed before
any GENERATE or TERMINATE statements. The report name used in this
statement is specified in the RD entry in the Report Section and in the REPORT
clause of the FD entry for the file to which the report is written.
INITIATE sets PAGE-COUNTER to 1, LINE-COUNTER to zero, and all SUM
counters to zero.
This program code uses the code in Section 10.8.2.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
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MAIN SECTION.
000-START.
OPEN INPUT CUSTOMER-FILE.
OPEN OUTPUT PRINTER-FILE.
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INITIATE MASTER-LIST.
A second INITIATE statement for the same report must not be executed until a
TERMINATE statement for the report has been executed (see Section 10.8.13.4).
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