Generating A Report Writer Report; Automatic Operations Of The Generate Statement; First Generate Statement - Compaq COBOL AAQ2G1FTK User Manual

10.8.13.2 Generating a Report Writer Report

The GENERATE statement prints the report.
You can produce either detail or summary reports depending on the GENERATE
identifier. If you code the name of a DETAIL report group with GENERATE, you
create a detail report; if you code a report name with GENERATE, you create a
summary report.

10.8.13.3 Automatic Operations of the GENERATE Statement

When the first GENERATE statement is executed, the following report groups
are printed, if they are specified in the program:
• REPORT HEADING report group
• PAGE HEADING report group
• CONTROL HEADING report groups
• For detail reporting, the specified TYPE DETAIL report group
A USE BEFORE REPORTING declarative can also execute just before the
associated report group is produced, to produce a cover page for the report, for
example.
Figure 10–11 and Figure 10–12 illustrate the major flow of operations,
but do not cover all possible operations associated with a GENERATE
statement.
Figure 10–11 shows the sequence of operations for the first GENERATE
statement.
Figure 10–11 First GENERATE Statement
COBOL Program
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Procedure Division
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GENERATE
(next sequential
instruction)
For subsequent GENERATE statements in the program, the following operations
take place:
• Any USE BEFORE REPORTING declaratives execute just before the
associated report group is produced.
• Any specified control breaks occur.
10.8 Programming a Report Writer Report
write write
RH, PH, CH major
CH FINAL CH minor
Producing Printed Reports
Note
YES
DETAIL
DETAIL
reporting
NO
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Producing Printed Reports 10–39
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