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Arguments
lmargin — Measure value specifying the left margin, in inches, of the text relative to the left border of the
object.
rmargin — Measure value specifying the right margin, in inches, of the text relative to the left border of the
object.
firstindent — Measure value specifying the indent, in inches, of the first line of the paragraph, relative to
the lmargin parameter.
align — String value specifying the text alignment within the paragraph. Possible values are 'left', 'right',
'center' and 'leftright' (for both left and right justification of text).
leading — Measure value specifying the amount of vertical space, in inches, between each line of the
paragraph.
Code Sample Examples
Example 1 displays a paragraph aligned to the right. Example 2 shows how to include a variable within a
formatted paragraph.
Example 1
beginparagraph(1,3,0,'right',0.16)
setstyle(&Default)
show('This long line of text should wrap around')
show('This long line of text should wrap around')
endparagraph()
Example 2
define(&var,string,'very')
beginparagraph(1,3,0,'left',0.16)
setstyle(&Default)
show('This ')
show(&var)
show(' long line of text should wrap around')
endparagraph()
BeginUTF8Paragraph … EndUTF8Paragraph (procedure)
Delimits a paragraph of formatted UTF8 text.