Overview of Section Codes

When a section code is required, use the following syntax to supply the values the program needs in order to generate the code:

section type.group.section number

Section type

Section Section type

Report Header Section

REPORTHDR

Page Header Section

PAGEHDR

Group Header Section

GROUPHDR

Detail Section

DETAIL

Group Footer Section

GROUPFTR

Report Footer Section

REPORTFTR

Page Footer Section

PAGEFTR

If the report contains one or more groups and you are specifying a group section, use an integer to specify the group of interest (the first group is Group 0, the second is Group 1, and so forth).

Note:    If you are specifying the section code for anything other than a group section, use 0 for this parameter.

Section

If an area contains more than one section, use an integer to specify the section of interest (the first section in an area is Section 0, the second is Section 1, and so forth).

Example section codes
Specifying the only (or the first) section in a non-group area

REPORTHDR.0.0

«The first Report Header section.»

Specifying one of several sections in a non-group area

If a report has multiple Detail sections and you want to specify the fourth Detail section, you can specify that section as:

DETAIL.0.3

«The fourth Detail section.»

Specifying the only (or the first) section in a group area

GROUPHDR.0.0

«The first section in the first Group Header area.»

Specifying one of several sections in a group area

GROUPFTR.2.1

«The second section in the third Group Footer area.»



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