QR GET HEADER AND FOOTER

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4D v20.6


QR GET HEADER AND FOOTER ( area ; selector ; leftTitle ; centerTitle ; rightTitle ; height {; picture {; pictAlignment}} )

Parameter	Type	Description
area	Longint	Reference of the area
selector	Longint	1 = Header, 2 = Footer
leftTitle	String	Text displayed on the left side
centerTitle	String	Text displayed in the middle
rightTitle	String	Text displayed on the right side
height	Longint	Header or footer height
picture	Picture	Picture to display
pictAlignment	Longint	Alignment attribute for the picture

Description

The QR GET HEADER AND FOOTER command retrieves the contents and size of the header or footer.

selector allows you to select the header or the footer:

if selector equals 1, the header information will be retrieved;
if selector equals 2, the footer information will be retrieved.

leftTitle, centerTitle and rightTitle returns the values for, respectively, the left, center and right header/footer.

height returns the height of the header/footer, expressed in the unit selected for the report.

picture returns a picture that is displayed in the header or footer.

pictAlignment is the alignment attribute for the picture displayed in the header/footer.

If pictAlignment returns 1, the picture is aligned to the left.
If pictAlignment returns 2, the picture is centered.
If pictAlignment returns 3, the picture is aligned to the right.

If you pass an invalid area number, the error -9850 will be generated.
If you pass an invalid selector value, the error -9852 will be generated.

Example

The following code retrieves the values of the header titles as well as the header size and displays them in alerts:

 QR GET HEADER AND FOOTER(MyArea;1;$LeftText;$CenterText;$RightText;$height)

 Case of

    :($LeftText #"")

       ALERT("The left title is "+Char(34)+$LeftText+Char(34))

    :($CenterText #"")

       ALERT("The center title is "+Char(34)+$CenterText+Char(34))

    :($RightText #"")

       ALERT("The right title is "+Char(34)+$RightText+Char(34))

    Else

       ALERT("No header title in this report.")

 End case

 ALERT("The height of the header is "+String($height))