Specifies control breaks in reports. A footer and a header are invoked whenever the value of the controlling variable changes. This variable can be any persistent or non-persistent report attribute.
ONCHANGE variable AS literal FOOTING report_name [ AT number ] HEADING report_name [ AT number ] [ <routine_call> ] <routine_call> := routine variable GIVING variable
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| variable | The controlling variable. |
| AS literal | String which is placed into Glb.Change. GLB.CHANGE is assigned the value of the As operand when that particular change is triggered by a change in the specified attribute. |
| (FOOTING or FTG) report_name | Specifies a report frame as the footer. |
| AT number (first) | Specifies the line number to start the report footer. |
| (HEADING or HDG) report_name | Specifies the qualifier, a report frame, as the header. |
| AT number (second) | Specifies the line number to start the report header. |
| routine_call | A statistical routine to invoke, which can be one of Count (CNT), Maximum (MAX), Minimum (MIN), Sum (SUM), SumSquares (SSQ), Average (AVG or MEAN), MeanSquares (MSQ), Variance (VAR), or StdDeviation (STD). |
| routine variable | The source variable used by the statistical routine as the basis of its computation. |
| (GIVING or GIV) variable | Directs the result of the computation to the specified variable. |
Specifies the default behavior of a case statement. It specifies the logic to execute when no other case conditions apply. Case, Otherwise, Else, EndCase are not standalone commands and the syntaxes are included along with the BeginCase command.