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mavrick480
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Topic: where a section prints on a page
Posted: 11 Jul 2008 at 4:42am |
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How do i make a certain section of a report print say 1/3 of the way down a page?
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Charlie
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mavrick480
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Posted: 14 Jul 2008 at 6:29am |
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I have a group and the footer of the group needs to always start printing a third of the way down the page is this possible?
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Charlie
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rahulwalawalkar
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Posted: 14 Jul 2008 at 6:55am |
Hi,
A workaround will be ,Insert Text Object in Group Footer and the set the height of the Text box to 3.000 or maybe 0.333
This will create 1/3 of width and footer of the group will print a third way down....
I am not sure exactly what value will be for 1/3 height ..... 3.000 ,0.333 just a guess
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Rahul
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mavrick480
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Posted: 14 Jul 2008 at 6:59am |
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That would work if the section above was always the same size what if the section above grows and shrinks depending on the data.
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rahulwalawalkar
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Posted: 14 Jul 2008 at 7:07am |
Did you test the workaround???
because as Group Footer is independent of the details section which will print above the GF section,I don;t think that should make a difference.
I tested with customer table from Adventure sample database and the GF section always prints at same distance i.e. 3.000 even if the details section has 1,2 or more then 2 records.....
Cheers
Rahul Edited by rahulwalawalkar - 14 Jul 2008 at 7:08am
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mavrick480
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Posted: 14 Jul 2008 at 11:28am |
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Yah i tested this and as the details section drows in line count it drives the footer lower and lower...
If this isn't an option can i make the details section always print the same number of lines even if there is not enough data?
Say i want to print 17 detail lines even though i only have 5 lines with actual data in it?
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michou_aspa
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Posted: 14 Jul 2008 at 2:03pm |
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Hello,
Please give me a hand on the following problem... i am desperate!
I need to make a report print only 10 lines in each document, after the 10 lines it needs to change page and keep on printing the next 10 lines and so on.
In an nutshell, every 10 lines it has to change page and i cant do it!
Please help!
Thanks
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Posted: 14 Jul 2008 at 2:05pm |
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additionally, i cannot adjust the printer settings because on the same printer i also have to prin normal full A4 documents. So i am guessing it has to be some kind of formulla on this specific file...
Thanks...
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rahulwalawalkar
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Posted: 15 Jul 2008 at 1:29am |
Hi,
Create formula
Frm1
whileprintingrecords;
numbervar cnt := cnt + 1;
Go to Details Section right click Select Section Expert and Click X+2 button against New Page After and enter
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Rahul
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michou_aspa
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Posted: 15 Jul 2008 at 3:20am |
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Hello Rahul,
thank you very much for your immidiate response to my request.
However it seems to be a small issue with this formulla you suggested.
The programm doent recognise these formulas! both of them.
In the first formula Frm1 it says that the formula cannot be evaluated at the time specified.
In the second formula in the Details Section It says that there is an error, and this field name is not known (at that point it shows between ( and {.
Sorry to bother you again, but i am ready to start hitting my head against the wall!
Thanks..
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