I am new to crystal reports (a couple weeks of tinkering), and have a programming background (main frame).

 

The report I would like to create is reading two data base files, a case number file and a comments file.

 

I have grouped the report by technician and effective date.

 

I have the case and comments in the detail section.  Case in detail A section, and depending on the type of comment, comments go into detail B/C/D sections.

 

When a technician has entered two comments on the same case and same date I get:

 

GH1   Joe

GH2   1/6/2011

Da      case 1

Db      comments #1

Da      case 1

Db      comments #2

 

I would like to suppress the second "case 1" to produce:

 

Da      case 1

Db      comments #1

Db      comments #2

 

I found that I could suppress detail line fields, but not the whole detail A.  Suppressing the fields had undesirable effects on the report, following case's had equal data suppressed.

 

Thanks,

Rich

 

Yesterday by using the Section Expert and creating a group header gh2b.  The result was my first case listed and the next different case did not until the date changed (gh2a).

 

This time using the group expert i created gh3.  That was the trick.

 

Thanks again,

 

Rich