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Command SET MARGIN Foundation

Sets the width of the left margin for printed output.

Syntax
SET MARGIN TO [<nMargin>]
Scope
process-wide
Parameters
<nMargin>
<nMargin> is a positive integer specifying the number of columns to remain empty as the left margin in printed output. A negative value or a missing argument sets the margin back to zero width.
Description

The command SET MARGIN determines the width of the left margin for printed output. A margin is created at the beginning of each row by output of <nMargin> blank spaces ((Chr(32)) to the printer. The function PCol() then returns the value of <nMargin> as the column coordinates of the print head following a carriage return. This should be noted with output using relative coordinates.

SET MARGIN is ignored for screen output.

Examples
SET MARGIN 
// The example shows a simple listing of records from 
// a part file, with a ten character wide left margin. 

PROCEDURE Main 

   USE Part NEW 
   SET MARGIN TO 10 

   LIST PartNo, Part, Price TO PRINTER 

   SET MARGIN TO 

RETURN
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