isCOBOL Evolve : Language Reference : Procedure Division Statements : INITIATE
INITIATE
General Format
INITIATE report-name-1
Syntax Rules
1. Report-name-1 shall be defined by a report description entry in the report section.
2. If report-name-1 is defined in a containing program, the file description entry associated with report-name-1 shall contain a GLOBAL clause.
General Rules
1. The INITIATE statement initializes
o all the report's sum counters to zero
o the report LINE-COUNTER to zero
o the report PAGE-COUNTER to one
Before the INITIATE statement is executed the file associated with the Report must have been opened for OUTPUT or EXTEND.
Examples
A code snippet from the REPORT-SECTION.cbl sample program installed with isCOBOL under sample/data-access/files
...
       report section.
       rd  my-report
           controls are group-name
           page limit is 22
           heading 1
           first detail 4
           last detail 18
           footing 20.
...
       PROCEDURE DIVISION.
...
           initiate my-report.
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