Controlling Column Title Underlining Using a SET Command

The SET TITLELINE command allows you to control whether column titles are underlined for report output.

With styled output formats, you can also control column title underlining using the TITLELINE StyleSheet attribute. For information, see Advanced StyleSheet Features.

Syntax: How to Control Column Title Underlining Using a SET Command

SET TITLELINE =  (ON|OFF|SKIP)

ON TABLE SET TITLELINE  (ON|OFF|SKIP)

where:

ON: Underlines column titles. ON is the default value.
OFF: Replaces the underline with a blank line.
SKIP: Omits both the underline and the line on which the underline would have displayed.

Note: ACROSSLINE is a synonym for TITLELINE.

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Example: Controlling Column Title Underlining Using a SET Command

The following request has a BY and an ACROSS field.

SET TITLELINE=ON
TABLE FILE GGSALES
SUM UNITS BY PRODUCT
ACROSS REGION
ON TABLE SET PAGE-NUM OFF
ON TABLE HOLD FORMAT HTML
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
TYPE=REPORT, GRID=OFF, FONT=ARIAL,$
END

With the default value (ON) for SET TITLELINE, the column titles are underlined.

With SET TITLELINE=OFF, the column titles are not underlined, but the blank line where the underlines would have been is still there.

With SET TITLELINE=SKIP, both the underlines and the blank line are removed.