Priting underline in 4gl

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Hi guys! I would like to know if you have an idea on how to print a underlined word in the report section of 4gl. thanks in advance :)

[Ian Goddard]

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Hi guys! I would like to know if you have an idea on how to print a underlined word in the report section of 4gl. thanks in advance :)

Try this. Calculate length of word as n. Print word. Print n
backspaces. Print n underlines. Backspace is 08 in ASCII.

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Thanks man! It works :)

[c***@northlandcorp.com]

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Hi guys! I would like to know if you have an idea on how to print a underlined word in the report section of 4gl. thanks in advance :)

Could you print a code sample please? I couldn't make it work.

[Eric Vercelletto]

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Hi guys! I would like to know if you have an idea on how to print a underlined word in the report section of 4gl. thanks in advance :)

Could you print a code sample please? I couldn't make it work.

Best is to have preset char variables, loaded from you custom printers table that you can use whenever necessary, i.e.:
LET bold_seq="sequence for BOLD for your printer"
( something like ascii(20),ascii(xx),ascii(zz) ) please read printer manual

LET end_bold_seq="sequence to terminate BOLD for your printer"
LET italic_seq="sequence for ITALIC for your printer"
LET end_italic_seq="sequence to terminate ITALIC for your printer"
LET underline_seq="sequence for UNDERLINE for your printer"
LET end_underline_seq="sequence to terminate UNDERLINE for your printer"
and all the change you may have to do then

PRINT bold_seq,"your strings etc...",end_bold_seq
etc...

You can fill this data in a table, one record per printer type, and load the data according to the printer type you chose.
Eric