Description

Defines a page footer to be printed at the bottom of the page in conjunction with the Print statement. The footer text is printed after the maximum page height lines have been printed, and on Printer Off statement.

Note: This statement is supported for backward compatibility only; newer programs should use the Print_ functions.

Syntax

Footing ["string" ['options']...]

Parameters

The Footing statement has the following parameters.

ParameterDescription
StringThe string must yield a legal string. The string is enclosed in double quotation marks.
Options

Options may be specified as part of the footing text. These options will appear in the footing text at the exact location of the option code. Each option must be enclosed in single quotes. However, you may "stack" multiple, consecutive options in one pair of single quotes. Options are included within the double quotes enclosing string. Each option must be enclosed within single quotes. Valid options for Footing are:

ValueDescription
'B'Inserts the current break value into the footing. BASIC+ uses the value of the @BREAK system variable.
'D'Inserts the current date as DD MMM YYYY.
'F'Inserts the current file being read.
'L'Causes a line feed. 'LL' will leave one line blank.
'N'Suppresses automatic paging.
'P'Inserts current page number.
'PP'Inserts current page number with right justification in a four-space field.
'T'Inserts the current time and date.
' 'Prints a single quote in the footing.

See also

@LPTRHIGH (Environment page height setting) in Chapter 2: BASIC+ Language Reference, Appendix A: OpenList Keyword Reference, also, Heading, Print.

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