Initiate - Control Data Corporation 3300 Reference Manual

5.4.2
INITIATE
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INITIATE
Report processing begins with the INITIATE statement.
INITIATE report-name-l [, report-name-2] ...
Each report name must be defined by a report description entry in the Report
Section of the Data Division.
The INITIATE statement resets all data name entries that contain SUM clauses
associated with the report; and it sets up the Report Writer controls for all
report groups associated with this report.
If PAGE-COUNTER is specified, it is set to one before or during execution
of the INITIATE statement. If the starting value is to be other than one, the
user may reset this counter following the INITIATE statement.
If LINE-COUNTER is specified, it is set to zero before or during the execu-
tion of INITIATE.
The INITIATE statement performs Report Writer functions for individually
described report programs analogous to the input-output functions that the
OPEN statement performs for individually described files.
A second INITIATE statement for a particular report name may not be executed
unless an intervening TERMINATE statement has been executed for that report
name.
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