Group Commands

Commands that apply to a report group are described in the following table.

Command Description
$DELAY Causes a delay in printing a group until a non-delayed group prints, or a group with the same level or a higher level prints.
$FIELDS/ENDFLDS Defines the beginning and ending of the field name definitions section for a group. For information, see Field Definitions.
Format Definition ($FORMAT/$ENDFMT) Defines the beginning of report lines in a group. For information, see Format Definition ($FORMAT/$ENDFMT).
$FSTDOLLAR/$FSTPERCENT Prints dollar signs ($) or percent signs (%) when the group prints after another group.
$GROUP/$ENDGRP Marks the beginning of a group.
$LEVEL Arranges report groups in sequence by assigning a logical level to each group.
$LINECNT Defines the number of lines needed for the group to print.
$NOTEXTDUPS Prints the constant text in a group only the first time the group prints.
$PGBRK Causes a page break to occur when the group prints.
$PGBRKGRP Defines a substitute page-break group that prints when a page overflow occurs.
$PREFIX Defines the prefix for fields in a group.
$RPTGRP Lets two reports in a program share the same group.
$STDFTR Defines a standard footer.
$STDHDR Defines a standard header.
$SUBGRP/$ENDSUB Defines and names a subgroup.
$TOTOFGRP Defines a total group.