HP Business BASIC/XL Reference Manual - HP 3000 MPE/iX Computer Systems - Edition 1 (32715-90001)

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The SUPPRESS TRAILER ON statement prevents the execution of the PAGE
TRAILER section. If this statement occurs during the execution of a PAGE
TRAILER, it does not take effect until the next page. If executed before
the PAGE TRAILER for the current page, the PAGE TRAILER does not appear
on the current page.
When the PAGE TRAILER is suppressed, the lines normally reserved for the
page trailer are available to you. Therefore, this statement can
increase the size of a page. The bottom margin reserved in the PAGE
LENGTH statement are not suppressed.
The SUPPRESS TRAILER OFF statement re-enables the execution of the PAGE
TRAILER section. Normally, this is all that this statement does.
However, if you have already printed in the area reserved for the page
trailer, the SUPPRESS TRAILER OFF statement causes an automatic page
break.
The SUPPRESS options of the TRIGGER PAGE BREAK do not reset the settings
of the SUPPRESS TRAILER statement. For example, if SUPPRESS TRAILER ON
has been executed, then both of the following statements suppress the
page trailer:
TRIGGER PAGE BREAK
TRIGGER PAGE BREAK, SUPPRESS TRAILER
Because the page trailer is suppressed anyway, no output is expected.
The temporary suppression in the second statement does not cause the page
trailer to resume printing on the next page. Only a SUPPRESS TRAILER OFF
statement can do that.
SYSTEM
The SYSTEM statement executes an operating system command from HP
Business BASIC/XL.
Syntax
As a statement or command:
[ [{,} ]]
SYSTEM [ str_expr [{;} STATUS [=] num_var ]]
As a command only:
{ str_lit }
:{ unquoted_str_lit }
Parameters
str_expr An operating system command, a UDC, a program file name,
or a commandfile. For information on operating system
commands, see the operating system reference manual and
the Console Operator's Guide . If this parameter is not
specified, HP Business BASIC/XL returns control to the
operating system. You can then return to HP Business
BASIC/XL by typing RESUME at the operating system prompt.
See the MPE XL Intrinsics Manual for information on what
will be selected if commands, UDCs, programs or
commandfiles exist with the same names.
If HP Business BASIC/XL is running from a batch job,
str_expr must be specified.
If str_expr is specified, the SYSTEM command executes
the CICOMMAND intrinsic, accessing the operating system
only to execute the specified command, and return to HP
Business BASIC/XL.