Can Cobol benefit from space....

From: KELLIE FITTON (KELLIEFITTON_at_YAHOO.COM)
Date: 10/13/04


Date: 13 Oct 2004 09:04:37 -0700

Hello everyone,

I need your kind help again - I am trying to print a name listing from
an indexed cobol file, However, I would like to utilize all the avaiable
space in the page regardless of the print orientation. So, the page detail
line area should have five columns, and after sorting the file the printed
out page should have this layout format:

aaaaaaaaaa bbbbbbbbbb cccccccccc eeeeeeeeee hhhhhhhhhh
aaaaaaaaaa bbbbbbbbbb cccccccccc eeeeeeeeee hhhhhhhhhh
aaaaaaaaaa bbbbbbbbbb dddddddddd eeeeeeeeee hhhhhhhhhh
aaaaaaaaaa bbbbbbbbbb dddddddddd eeeeeeeeee hhhhhhhhhh
aaaaaaaaaa bbbbbbbbbb dddddddddd ffffffffff hhhhhhhhhh
aaaaaaaaaa bbbbbbbbbb dddddddddd ffffffffff hhhhhhhhhh
aaaaaaaaaa bbbbbbbbbb dddddddddd ffffffffff yyyyyyyyyy
aaaaaaaaaa bbbbbbbbbb dddddddddd ffffffffff yyyyyyyyyy
aaaaaaaaaa bbbbbbbbbb dddddddddd ffffffffff yyyyyyyyyy
aaaaaaaaaa cccccccccc dddddddddd ffffffffff yyyyyyyyyy
bbbbbbbbbb cccccccccc dddddddddd gggggggggg yyyyyyyyyy
bbbbbbbbbb cccccccccc dddddddddd gggggggggg yyyyyyyyyy
bbbbbbbbbb cccccccccc dddddddddd gggggggggg yyyyyyyyyy
bbbbbbbbbb cccccccccc eeeeeeeeee gggggggggg zzzzzzzzzz
bbbbbbbbbb cccccccccc eeeeeeeeee gggggggggg zzzzzzzzzz
bbbbbbbbbb cccccccccc eeeeeeeeee gggggggggg zzzzzzzzzz
bbbbbbbbbb cccccccccc eeeeeeeeee gggggggggg zzzzzzzzzz
bbbbbbbbbb cccccccccc eeeeeeeeee gggggggggg zzzzzzzzzz

I am using micro focus Net Express 3.1 with windows 2000 professional.
thank you so much. Kellie.