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Chapter 3 Tools : $SKIPLINE

$SKIPLINE
Outputs zero or more blank lines. (C)
Invocation
CALL $SKIPLINE(count)
 
An integer specifying the number of lines to skip. It can take on values greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 32767. Its syntax is B (binary) with length 2.
Prerequisites
The print arguments must be previously set with a call to $SETPRINT or $RESETPRINT before a call to $SKIPLINE.

Exceptions
 
Raised if count is less than zero.
Example
The following rule prints a line to the message log, skips five lines, and prints a second line to the message log:

 
SKIPLINE_1;
_
_ ------------------------------------------------------------------------
_ ------------------------------------------------------------+-----------
_ CALL $SETPRINT(10, 70, 1, 'SCR', 'N'); | 1
_ CALL $PRINTLINE('THIS IS LINE ONE'); | 2
_ CALL $SKIPLINE(5); | 3
_ CALL $PRINTLINE('THIS IS LINE SEVEN');                      | 4
_ ------------------------------------------------------------------------

 
Resulting Output
Pressing PF2 after executing this rule displays the following screen:

 
------------------------- INFORMATION LOG -----------------------
COMMAND ===> SCROLL ===> P
------------------------------ NEW PAGE ------------------------------
Page 1
THIS IS LINE ONE
THIS IS LINE SEVEN

 

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