Bottom line at end of page
Wickey
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Hi all,
I am currently creating an invoice report if the format like shown below:
PageHeader: Contains fixed text and company logo
GroupHeader: Contains address and related information (from DataSet)
DataBand: Contains the actual transactions
ChildElement: Used for 'filling' the page up to 30 lines
GroupFooter: Contains the totals and currently the 'bottom line' of the report.
PageFooter: Contains contact information.
The layout is approx like this:
<!--fonto:Lucida Console--><span style="font-family:Lucida Console"><!--/fonto-->
<!--fonto:Verdana--><span style="font-family:Verdana"><!--/fonto-->The problem shows when I have a report with so many transactions that the several pages are printed then the bottom line is only printed on the last page. I do see the logic in this, because the group footer isn't printed till the whole group has been processed.
But how do I get a bottom line on each page. I have been mingling around with adding ChildElements and LineObjects but I can't seem to find a way to place the line where it is supposed to be.
Hope this longish 'essay' [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":blink:" border="0" alt="blink.gif" /> explains my problem and that some one out there can help me. Kind Regards, Wickey <!--fontc--></span><!--/fontc--> <!--fontc--></span><!--/fontc-->[/img]
I am currently creating an invoice report if the format like shown below:
PageHeader: Contains fixed text and company logo
GroupHeader: Contains address and related information (from DataSet)
DataBand: Contains the actual transactions
ChildElement: Used for 'filling' the page up to 30 lines
GroupFooter: Contains the totals and currently the 'bottom line' of the report.
PageFooter: Contains contact information.
The layout is approx like this:
<!--fonto:Lucida Console--><span style="font-family:Lucida Console"><!--/fonto-->
+-----------------------------+
|Fixed text and Logo | <= Page Header
|Address info | <= Group Header
|=============================|
|Transactions 1 | Price | <= DataBands
|Transactions 2 | |
|Transactions 3 | |
|Transactions 4 | |
| | | <= Child Element used for filling pages with few transactions (CompleteToNRows)
| | |
+-----------------------------+ <= The bottom line placed in GroupFooter
+-------+
| Total |
+-------+
Page 1 of 1
But for a long report the result is more like this
+-Page 1----------------------+
|Fixed text and Logo | <= Page Header
|Address info | <= Group Header
|=============================|
|Transactions 1 | Price | <= DataBand
|Transactions 2 | |
|Transactions 3 | |
|Transactions 4 | |
<= The bottom line is missing
Page 1 of 2
+-Page 2----------------------+
|Fixed text and Logo | Logo and Address info must be repeated on each page
|Address info |
|=============================|
|Transactions 5 | |
|Transactions 6 | |
| | |
+-----------------------------+
+-------+
| Total |
+-------+
Page 2 of 2
<!--fonto:Verdana--><span style="font-family:Verdana"><!--/fonto-->The problem shows when I have a report with so many transactions that the several pages are printed then the bottom line is only printed on the last page. I do see the logic in this, because the group footer isn't printed till the whole group has been processed.
But how do I get a bottom line on each page. I have been mingling around with adding ChildElements and LineObjects but I can't seem to find a way to place the line where it is supposed to be.
Hope this longish 'essay' [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":blink:" border="0" alt="blink.gif" /> explains my problem and that some one out there can help me. Kind Regards, Wickey <!--fontc--></span><!--/fontc--> <!--fontc--></span><!--/fontc-->[/img]
Comments
Please read the user's manual, "Report creation/Groups and totals/Repeating the header and footer" chapter.
Thanks for the fast and but not really helpful advice.
Both the Users and the Programmers manual have been read through before posting here [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/huh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":huh:" border="0" alt="huh.gif" /> The programmers manual does explain how to set the RepartOnEveryPage flag, but I don't seem to be able to get the grip of the PrintOn property. I am able to print a 'Continued...' text in the GroupHeader for group that doesn't fit one page, but are not able to print a 'Continues on next page...' text in the GroupFooter. I have been trying almost all combination of these properties and quite a few others, but are still not able to get the result I need. To try to sum it all up: GroupHeader: RepeatOnEveryPage = true txtContinuedOnNextPage: PrintOn = RepeatedBand[/img]// This gets printed correctly, so only on groups with many data rows.
GroupFooter:RepeatOnEveryPage = true
txtContinueFromPreviousPage: PrintOn = RepeatedBand // This newer gets printed.
txtGroupTotals: PrintOn = FirstPage, LastPage, OddPages, EvenPages // This prints on every page - also the 1st page of a group spanding several pages. Should only be shown on the last page of the group.
I have added an attachment with a screen shot of the report for clarity, can also be viewed here
I attach a modified "Groups" report from Demo.exe, built using this technique. Pay attention to groupfooter:
Thanks for the fast reply.
I have tried to use the file you send as a template, but can still not get the desired result.
Not sure if it has to do with the 'filler' child element I use to maintain a fixed page length. (CompleteToNRows property)
Else the problem might be sitting somewhere between my ears [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad.gif" /> . But I have solves the problem in the Code section by (un)setting the Visibility property of the elements I need to display/hide. Probably not the best solution (using the row count in combination with the page count), but it'll have to do for now - The dead-line is just around the corner. Again thanks for the help and have a nice week-end. Kind regards Wickey[/img]
I have send the report file in a message to you.
Kind regards,
Wickey
Just a short question, you write that a fix should be available, but where do I see the fix?
Kind regards,
Wickey
In your customer panel, download the latest (current) version and reinstall. We prepare a new build each day.