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ridershaun Newbie Joined: 31 Aug 2010 Online Status: Offline Posts: 32	Topic: Surpress Box at group header 1 Posted: 08 Jan 2015 at 9:10am
	I currently have a report that based on the date range shows values in par locations that have been scanned more than once. I have a box around the group header one and the details. In group header one section expert I have a formula to suppress the name of the par location if for the date range no values have been scanned more than once. My problem is the box still shows and creates a very small box on my report. Is there anyway to suppress the box totally. Thank You
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lockwelle Moderator Joined: 21 Dec 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4374	Posted: 08 Jan 2015 at 12:18pm
	I am not sure...obviously not directly. What I would try is in Section Expert and checking the box to suppress if blank...not sure if it will work, but it's worth a try HTH
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ridershaun Newbie Joined: 31 Aug 2010 Online Status: Offline Posts: 32	Posted: 09 Jan 2015 at 3:09am
	I gave it a try, but no luck.
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adavis Senior Member Joined: 30 Oct 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 104	Posted: 09 Jan 2015 at 3:32am
	Instead of drawing a box, you could use the border settings on the text object to apply a top, bottom, left, and right border on the object. If the field is null, it wouldn't draw, thus no box.
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ridershaun Newbie Joined: 31 Aug 2010 Online Status: Offline Posts: 32	Posted: 09 Jan 2015 at 7:53am
	The box is around the group header and details so I cannot create a border around a text box. I wanted each group header and details for each change in section within their own box.
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DBlank Moderator Joined: 19 Dec 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9053	Posted: 09 Jan 2015 at 8:51am
	IMO a few things to consider 1. if the box is a user request, consider discussing alternatives for the purpose - I find many report requests are based on a unfounded assumptions of what the user thought to be an easy thing to do. They often are open to design changes that might handle a function of the report better than what they were able to think, or a formatting issue just ultimately is not worth the time and money spent to get it so they drop it. 2. reconsider adavis' suggestion but using top and side text borders that can handle conditional suppression in the header and side and bottom text borders in the detail section 3. Use the group select to exclude groups not meeting your condition entirely from the printed report. This would remove the header, detail and footer for the entire group. Edited by DBlank - 09 Jan 2015 at 8:55am
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