Glb.FormDepth

Glb.FormDepth is a read-writable built-in segment attribute that is set to the number of printable lines of report output on a page.

The Glb.FormDepth value is used to determine when to advance to top-of-form (and print footings and headings). For reports that use ROC, when Glb.FormDepth is zero, no automatic advance to top-of-form occurs, and no headings are printed.

Caution
Glb.FormDepth should not be set to a value greater than the page size, or errors may occur.

Note: In the Windows Runtime application, you can override the default FormDepth value using the Admin Tool.

Once output from a report has been produced, the Glb.FormDepth value remains until the next Release logic statement (or end-of-job), when the most recent change to its value is effected.

The default values are set when the report is initiated. If the Glb.Device built-in segment attribute is changed, Glb.FormDepth might also need to be changed. Default values for each device type are listed in the following table.

Device Type	Default Form Depth: Windows	Default Form Depth: MCP
LP	60 lines	60 lines
RP	-	60 lines
TP	66 lines	66 lines
VD (not IBM 3270)	48 lines	48 lines
VD (IBM 3270)	-	22 lines
spaces	60 lines	60 lines

For DEPCON reports, there is an issue with auto-pagination when using Glb.FormDepth. The following recommendations should be followed to avoid any problems:

Using the device settings for the printer, configure the printer to set the DEPCON LPD device for continuous forms (US std fanfold) without line break. If you do not do this, Windows automatically paginates according to the device characteristics (normally 66 lines per page).
In logic, set the report page length by setting Glb.FormDepth to 9999.

The FormDepth built-in outputstream attribute is used for outputstreams similarly to how Glb.FormDepth is used for reports.

Properties

Length = 4

Primitive = Number