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You can also have an application that has many text blocks defined on the page and
you wish certain data to always appear in a specific text block. Our second example
illustrates such a situation.
you wish certain data to always appear in a specific text block. Our second example
illustrates such a situation.
Example (2):
Your application has many text blocks defined on the page. Normally,
on full pages, the ‘Total Amount Due’ is in a specific text block (let’s
call it Text Block 5). On some pages there may not be enough data to
fill all the text blocks, but you still require the Total Amount Due to
be in Text Block 5.
on full pages, the ‘Total Amount Due’ is in a specific text block (let’s
call it Text Block 5). On some pages there may not be enough data to
fill all the text blocks, but you still require the Total Amount Due to
be in Text Block 5.
This can be done by setting up a test on the text string ‘Total Amount
Due’ in the data and having the test ‘jump’ to Text Block 5 rather
than the next one.
Due’ in the data and having the test ‘jump’ to Text Block 5 rather
than the next one.
NOTE:
1. You cannot ‘jump’ backwards. If you are in Text Block 6, an ‘End Text
Block’ that tries to jump to Text Block 5 becomes a ‘NEXT’.
Block’ that tries to jump to Text Block 5 becomes a ‘NEXT’.
2. An attempt to ‘jump’ to a non-existent text block also becomes a jump to
‘NEXT’.
‘NEXT’.