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

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CAUSE These are both Report Writer errors:
1. Blank_top or blank_bottom values are greater than the
page_length value on the PAGE LENGTH statement.
2. Blank_top or blank_bottom values on the PAGE LENGTH
statement are out of range.
ACTION 1. (Blank_top + blank_bottom) must be < page_length.
2. Use a value in the range 0 to 255.
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255 MESSAGE 1. Unacceptable value for Report Writer expression.
2. Subscript of report writer built-in function is out of
range.
CAUSE 1. A page_number expression is less than zero for one of the
following statements: PAUSE AFTER, PAUSE EVERY, SUPPRESS FOR,
SET PAGENUM. Or, a PAGE LENGTH < 0 or > 32767 was specified
(maximum XL page length: 2147483647).
2. Out-of-range subscript for one of the Report Writer
built-in functions:NUMBREAK, NUMDETAIL, RWINFO.
ACTION 1. Use a page_number value >= zero.
2. Consult the reference manual for the legal subscript range.
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256 MESSAGE 1. Left margin too close to right margin of output file.
2. Left margin too close to right margin of COPY ALL OUTPUT
file.
CAUSE These are all Report Writer errors:
An attempt has been made to make the distance between the left
margin and the right margin less than the size of an output
field item.
ACTION The number of characters between the left margin and the right
margin must be set to at least the width of an output field
item. An output field item is initially 20 characters wide,
but can be set to 15.
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257 MESSAGE 1. Report Writer statement illegal when a report is not active.
2. Attempt to evaluate report writer built-in when no report
active.
3. Report Writer operation outside the scope of an active
report.
CAUSE An attempt has been made to execute a report writer statement
or function which may not be executed when a report was not
active. Or, it may be that a report is active, but the
statement or function in question does not appear in the
subunit in which the report is active.
ACTION These statements and functions may only be executed when a
report is active. The BEGIN REPORT statement activates a
report. If the report is active in another subunit then you
can put the report and the statement or function which caused
the error in the same subunit, or the desired information can
be computed in the report subunit and passed to the other
subunit.
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258 MESSAGE Effective page size too small.
CAUSE This indicates that the Report Writer blank line specifications
at the top and bottom of the page plus the number of lines in