Re: BTITLE looses formatting?

zekmoe_at_aol.com (Zekmoe) wrote:

> In trying to format a screen, anything I place with BTITLE looses any number
>formatting(i.e. $25.80 becomes 25.8) Even though I have it correctly formatted
>elsewhere. I have the statement segment somehwhat like this:
> ...
> btitle right xsubtotal skip 1 -
>
>The btitle uses an ailias. The column formatting is:
> column subtotal noprint new_value xsubtotal format $9999.99
> I get no error message, but the formatting is ignored weather I add the
>formating to the end of the ailias or just try using the formatting in my mask.
> Any ideas?

BTITLE has a format option, that allows you to define how you want numeric variables referenced in the statement to be printed.

Jeremy Received on Tue May 05 1998 - 07:35:31 CDT