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page statement

The page statement terminates the current page of output, prints the optional footing, positions to the top of the form, and prints the optional heading.

Syntax

page {num.exp}

Parameter(s)

num.exp Optional expression used to change the current value of the page number.

Description

Note: The page statement works only when a heading or footing statement has been previously defined and is active.

Example(s)

This example forces a new page if the attribute to be printed starts with the string .bp.

heading "this is a heading"
lines = dcount(item,char(254))
for i = 1 to lines
l=item<i>
if l[1,3]=’.bp’ then page else print l
next i

See also

crt statement, footing statement, heading statement, Numeric expressions, Statements and functions, system() function

Parent topic: BASIC statements