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PowerCOBOL V11.0 Reference
FUJITSU Software

4.22 BlankSuppress Property

Description:

Determines whether blanks are suppressed in strings derived from the COBOL-PICTURE string.

Used in object:

RenderText

Values (with constants):

True - Blanks are suppressed.(POW-TRUE)
False - String is taken as is, including blanks.(POW-FALSE)

It is only effective when the RenderStyle property is "1 - COBOL-PICTURE".

Blanks affected:

Figure and Edited Numeric

Leading blank(s)

Alphabet, Alphanumeric Character and Alphanumeric Edited

Trailing blank(s)

Japanese and Japanese Edit

Trailing em-size blank(s).

Default value:

False(POW-FALSE)

COBOL picture:

S9(4) COMP-5

OLE data type:

VT_BOOL

Design time access:

Set and reference.

Execution time access:

Reference only.

Backward compatibility attribute:

None.