Underlines a field or variable, using the next display line for the underline.

Note: Does not apply to SpeedScript programming.

Syntax

UNDERLINE [ STREAM stream | STREAM-HANDLE handle ]
           field ... [ frame-phrase ]
STREAM stream

Specifies the name of a stream. If you do not name a stream, the AVM uses the unnamed stream. See the DEFINE STREAM statement reference entry and the topics on alternate I/O sources in OpenEdge Programming Interfaces for more information on streams.

STREAM-HANDLE handle

Specifies the handle to a stream. If handle it is not a valid handle to a stream, the AVM generates a run-time error. Note that stream handles are not valid for the unnamed streams. See the topics on alternate I/O sources in OpenEdge Programming Interfaces for more information on streams and stream handles.

field

Represents the name of the field or variable you want to underline.

frame-phrase

Specifies the overall layout and processing properties of a frame. For more information on frame-phrase, see the Frame phrase reference entry.

Example

This procedure produces a report of Customer records, categorized by State. When the last Customer for a certain state has been displayed (determined by the LAST-OF function), the UNDERLINE statement underlines the State field.

r-under1.p 

FOR EACH Customer NO-LOCK BREAK BY Customer.State WITH USE-TEXT:
  DISPLAY Customer.State Customer.CustNum Customer.Name.
  IF LAST-OF(Customer.State) THEN UNDERLINE Customer.State.
END.

Notes

  • Use The UNDERLINE statement to highlight fields or to underline accumulated values that you calculated using functions other than the automatic aggregate functions supplied with ABL.
  • When determining the position within a DOWN frame, the DOWN statement and the UP statement count the line used by an underline.
  • Even if the layout of a DOWN frame takes multiple screen lines, the underline takes just one line on the screen.
  • For a 1 DOWN frame or single frame, the UNDERLINE does not appear. Instead, the AVM clears the frame.

See also

DEFINE STREAM statement, Frame phrase, Stream object handle