INITIATE

Initialize all report counters and accumulators; set up control heading and control footing items.
Restriction: This topic applies only when the AppMaster Builder AddPack has been installed, and applies only to Windows platforms.

Syntax:

INITIATE reportname1 [,reportname2] ...

Comments:

  • Define each report name in a RED statement.
  • Initialization does not open the report file. Code a COBOL OPEN OUTPUT statement before the INITIATE to do so.
  • You must TERMINATE reportname1 before executing an INITIATE for reportname2.
Parent topic: Report Writer Structures
Related tasks
To code report logic