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General WebFOCUS StyleSheet Syntax

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A StyleSheet consists of declarations that identify the report components you wish to format and the formatting you wish to apply. A declaration usually begins with the TYPE attribute and is followed by the attribute=value pairs you assign to the report component. You can also include comments that provide context for your StyleSheet. Comments do not affect StyleSheet behavior. For details, see Adding a Comment to a WebFOCUS StyleSheet.

For information about identifying a report component, see Identifying a Report Component in a WebFOCUS StyleSheet.

Syntax: How to Specify a WebFOCUS StyleSheet Declaration

Each StyleSheet declaration specifies a series of attributes in the form 

attribute = value, [attribute = value, ...] $

where:

attribute
Is the attribute you are specifying, such as TYPE, COLUMN, COLOR, or FONT.
value
Is the value you assign to the attribute.

Example: Sample WebFOCUS StyleSheet

Following is a request that includes an inline StyleSheet. The StyleSheet begins with ON TABLE SET STYLE * and ends with ENDSTYLE. 

TABLE FILE CENTORD
HEADING
" "
"C e n t u r y  C o r p o r a t i o n"
" "
"Order Revenue - 2000 Q3"
" "
"page <TABPAGENO"
" "
SUM ORDER_DATE/MtDY ORDER_NUM LINEPRICE AS 'Order,Total:'
BY LOWEST 9 ORDER_DATE NOPRINT
WHERE (ORDER_DATE GE '2000/10/01') AND (ORDER_DATE LE '2000/12/31');
ON TABLE SET ONLINE-FMT HTML
ON TABLE SET HTMLCSS ON
 
ON TABLE SET STYLESHEET *
TYPE=Report, GRID=Off, UNITS=Inches, $
TYPE=Data, FONT='Times', $
TYPE=Data, BACKCOLOR=Aqua, COLOR=Navy,
     WHEN=LinePrice GT 500000, $
TYPE=Data, COLUMN=LinePrice, BACKCOLOR=Aqua, COLOR=Navy, STYLE=Bold,
     WHEN=LinePrice GT 500000, $
TYPE=Title, FONT='Helvetica', $
TYPE=Heading, FONT='Helvetica', STYLE=Bold, SIZE=14, JUSTIFY=Center,
     COLOR=White, BACKCOLOR=Dark Turquoise, $
TYPE=Heading, LINE=6, BACKCOLOR=White, COLOR=Dark Turquoise, $
TYPE=Heading, LINE=7, BACKCOLOR=White, $
ENDSTYLE
 
END

Improving WebFOCUS StyleSheet Readability

There are many ways to structure your StyleSheet declarations in order to make the StyleSheet easy to read. You can do any one, or a combination, of the following:

  • Begin a declaration in any column using blank spaces or tabs.
  • Include blank lines between declarations.
  • Create declarations in all uppercase, all lowercase, or mixed case.
  • Use more than one declaration to format a single report component.
  • Include blank spaces or tabs in between the attribute, equal sign (=), value, comma, and dollar sign ($).
  • Split a single declaration across a line. The declaration will continue to be processed until the terminating dollar sign. For example, you can split a declaration like this:
    TYPE=HEADING, FONT=ARIAL,
SIZE=14, STYLE=BOLD, $
  • Split an attribute=value pair across a line. Use the backslash (\) character as continuation syntax at the end of the first line if you are splitting an attribute or value in a declaration across a line. For example:
    TYPE=TITLE, COLUMN=N2, STY\
LE=BOLD+ITALIC, COLOR=BLUE, $

Adding a Comment to a WebFOCUS StyleSheet

You can add comments to a StyleSheet to give context to a declaration. Comments do not affect StyleSheet behavior.

You can add a comment:

  • On a declaration line. Add the desired text after the dollar sign ($). For example,
    TYPE=HEADING, STYLE=BOLD, COLOR=BLUE, SIZE=14, $ Sample comment
  • On its own line. Begin the line with either a dollar sign ($), or a hyphen and an asterisk (-*), followed by the desired text. For example, 
    -* This is a sample comment
$ This is another sample comment

Note: You can add comments anywhere in your request, not only in StyleSheets.

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