Adding Borders and Grid Lines

You can add borders and grid lines to headings, footings, titles and labels. For detailed syntax, see Laying Out the Report Page.

Example: Adding a Grid Around a Report Heading in a PDF Report

This request generates a PDF report with a grid around the heading, created with the GRID attribute, to set the heading off from the body of the report. 

TABLE FILE GGSALES
SUM BUDUNITS UNITS BUDDOLLARS DOLLARS
BY CATEGORY
ON TABLE SUBHEAD 
"SALES REPORT"
"**(CONFIDENTIAL)**"
"December 2001 </1" 
ON TABLE SET PAGE-NUM OFF 
ON TABLE SET ONLINE-FMT PDF 
ON TABLE SET SQUEEZE ON
ON TABLE SET STYLESHEET * 
TYPE = TABHEADING, JUSTIFY = CENTER, GRID=ON, $ 
ENDSTYLE
END

The output is:

Example: Emphasizing Column Titles With Horizontal Lines in a PDF Report

This request generates a PDF report with horizontal lines, created with the HGRID attribute, above and below the column titles. 

TABLE FILE GGSALES
SUM BUDUNITS UNITS BUDDOLLARS DOLLARS
BY CATEGORY
ON TABLE SUBHEAD
"SALES REPORT"
"**(CONFIDENTIAL)**"
"December 2001 </1"
ON TABLE SET PAGE-NUM OFF 
ON TABLE SET ONLINE-FMT PDF 
ON TABLE SET SQUEEZE ON
ON TABLE SET STYLESHEET *
TYPE = TABHEADING, JUSTIFY = CENTER, FONT=ARIAL, SIZE=12, $ 
TYPE = TITLE, HGRID=ON, $ 
END

The output is:

Example: Formatting a Border Around a Report Heading

This request generates an HTML report with a heavy red dotted line around the entire report heading. 

TABLE FILE GGSALES
SUM BUDUNITS UNITS BUDDOLLARS DOLLARS
BY CATEGORY
ON TABLE SUBHEAD
"</1 Sales Report"
"**CONFIDENTIAL**"
"December 2002 </1"
ON TABLE SET PAGE-NUM OFF
ON TABLE SET ONLINE-FMT HTML
ON TABLE SET HTMLCSS ON
ON TABLE SET STYLESHEET *
TYPE=REPORT, GRID=OFF, $ 
TYPE=TABHEADING, STYLE=BOLD, JUSTIFY=CENTER, BORDER=HEAVY, 
     BORDER-COLOR=RED, BORDER-STYLE=DOTTED, $ 
ENDSTYLE
END

The output is:

Tip: You can use the same BORDER syntax to generate this output in a PDF or PS report.

Example: Formatting a Report Heading With Top and Bottom Borders

This request generates a light blue line above the heading and a heavy double line of the same color below the heading. The request does not specify border lines for the left and right sides of the heading. 

TABLE FILE GGSALES
SUM BUDUNITS UNITS BUDDOLLARS DOLLARS
BY CATEGORY
ON TABLE SUBHEAD
"</1 Sales Report"
"**CONFIDENTIAL**"
"December 2002 </1"
ON TABLE SET PAGE-NUM OFF
ON TABLE SET ONLINE-FMT HTML
ON TABLE SET HTMLCSS ON
ON TABLE SET STYLESHEET *
TYPE=REPORT, GRID=OFF, $ 
TYPE=TABHEADING, JUSTIFY=CENTER, BORDER-TOP=LIGHT, BORDER-COLOR=BLUE,
       BORDER-BOTTOM=HEAVY, BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE=DOUBLE,$ 
ENDSTYLE
END

The output is:

Tip: You can use the same BORDER syntax to generate this output in a PDF or PS report.