.09 - Enable Space Compression for Printed Output (Reports & Settings Report Generator variable)
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Syntax
.09
Description
When printing, variables will normally take up a fixed amount of space each, regardless of how many spaces they contain at the start and/or end. If composing a letter or similar document this can lead to odd looking results, such as amounts showing a number of leading spaces and maybe a couple after. To avoid this then, you can choose to enable space compression which will shrink all occurrences of multiple spaces down to one.
 | Without space compression your document may read (_ indicates a space):
Your account balance stands at ____£123___. Please forward payment. Adding space compression makes this a more readable: Your account balance stands at £123. Please forward payment. |
 | This variable can only be used in the report columns and cannot be used in the User Defined Sort Key or the report filters. This variable is only used on a printout, screen and file reports ignore this variable. |
Parameters
None.
