RE: How can I create a page break in a file?

Question

Thank you, Glen. I tried WriteText. But it didn't work.
Tien Wang
Indus Consultancy Services
[email protected]
From: Glen A. Whitbeck
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 1997 11:59 AM
To: Wang, Tien
Cc: forte-users; owner-forte-users
Subject: Re: How can I create a page break in a file?
Instead of using "WriteLine," try using "WriteText" ("WriteLine" writes
TextData into an open file, while "WriteText" writes data to a stream)
like this:
<method 1>
myFile : file = new();
myFile.WriteText('\f');
Glen
Wang, Tien wrote:
Hi,
I am creating a text file for a report which contains multiple pages.
How can I create a page break in my file? I tried to use the
following
two methods, but neither of them works. Specifically, it seems a
special
character printed in the file. But when I print the file through a
WordPad, it didn't separate pages.
I am currently using version 3.0.C on Windows NT 4.0 with a HP Plus 4
printer. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Tien Wang
Indus Consultancy Services
[email protected]
>
<method 1>
myFile : file = new();
file.writeLine('\f'); --- \f is the form feed in the C language
<method 2>
myFile : file = new();
j : IntegerData = new( value = 14 );
c : char = j.IntegerValue; -- c now contains ascii 14 (form feed)
p : pointer to char = &c; -- Set a pointer to the character
pageBreakTxt : TextData = new();
pageBreakTxt.Concat(p);
myfile.writeLine(pageBreakTxt);

Answer 1

Tien,
Try myFile.WriteText('\x0c'); instead of myFile.WriteText('\f');
Regards
Richard Stobart
-----Original Message-----
From: Wang, Tien [SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, September 12, 1997 6:09 PM
To: Glen A. Whitbeck
Cc: forte-users; owner-forte-users
Subject: RE: How can I create a page break in a file?
Thank you, Glen. I tried WriteText. But it didn't work.
Tien Wang
Indus Consultancy Services
[email protected]
From: Glen A. Whitbeck
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 1997 11:59 AM
To: Wang, Tien
Cc: forte-users; owner-forte-users
Subject: Re: How can I create a page break in a file?
Instead of using "WriteLine," try using "WriteText" ("WriteLine" writes
TextData into an open file, while "WriteText" writes data to a stream)
like this:
<method 1>
myFile : file = new();
myFile.WriteText('\f');
Glen
Wang, Tien wrote:
Hi,
I am creating a text file for a report which contains multiple pages.
How can I create a page break in my file? I tried to use the
following
two methods, but neither of them works. Specifically, it seems a
special
character printed in the file. But when I print the file through a
WordPad, it didn't separate pages.
I am currently using version 3.0.C on Windows NT 4.0 with a HP Plus 4
printer. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Tien Wang
Indus Consultancy Services
[email protected]
>
<method 1>
myFile : file = new();
file.writeLine('\f'); --- \f is the form feed in the C language
<method 2>
myFile : file = new();
j : IntegerData = new( value = 14 );
c : char = j.IntegerValue; -- c now contains ascii 14 (form feed)
p : pointer to char = &c; -- Set a pointer to the character
pageBreakTxt : TextData = new();
pageBreakTxt.Concat(p);
myfile.writeLine(pageBreakTxt);