NBSpool for MPE Reference Guide

Banner Maintenance
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The following table provides descriptions of the fields in the Banner Control Information screen.
Field Description
1) Name
The company name
2) Address
The company address-this field is optional
Zip
The company zip code-this field is optional
3) Message
This is the default detail area message. This is a five line
message that is printed in the detail area of the banner page.
The message also may be defined for individual reports.
4) Banner
The default banner header. The value of this field is the
banner name as it appears in the Define Banners screen. A
default banner must be defined.
5) Report Search Sequence
This is a series of eight, five-character templates used to
determine the search logic for the spool file specified in the
BANNER
command. Each five-character field may be blank or
defined as follows:
[1:1] = F or @
[2:1] = J or @
[3:1] = U or @
[4:1] = A or @
[5;1] = D or @
Turn to the “Report Search Logic” section in this section for
more information.
6) Number of banner pages
The number of banner pages that will be printed. The number
must be a value from
1
to
9
.
7) Print a trailer
If
Y
, add a trailer page to the spool file. Otherwise do not add
a trailer page to the spool file.
8) Border character
The character used for the border of the detail area.
9) Font character
The character used for the larger of the two banner header
fonts.
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