Fixed number of rows in a group

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• gordk St.Catherines On. Canada.

  September 2013 edited 5:18AM

  khawar.naseer wrote: »

  I need some help
  
  I want group detail to print fix number of rows such as 15. If records in group are less than 15 then 15 rows must be printed but if there are more records than 15 then actual number of records should be printed.
  
  Regards
  Khawar

  More info please.
  What bands are you using groupbands of master detail?
  What version of fr4 are you using XE,basic standard pro?
  
• khawar.naseer

  September 2013 edited 5:18AM

  I am using fastreport 4 Pro
  
  Bands are as under
  
  Group Header
  
  Master Data
  
  Group Footer
  
  I want fix number of rows in master data for each group
  
  Screen Shot is attached
• gordk St.Catherines On. Canada.

  September 2013 edited September 2013

  unfortunately this can only be used in master detail type situation
  create an unattached child band dthe height of your masterdataband
  and duplicate the memos of the masterband in the child band with no data.
  in the onbeforeprint event of the footer write code to show the child if line is less than what you want.
  if <line> < 15 then engine.showband(childbandname);
• khawar.naseer

  September 2013 edited 5:18AM

  First of all thanks for your helpful suggestion. You guided me to the right direction and I acheived the desired output. But now after doing it this way another strange problem is occurring which was not there before
  
  Problem is that no totals are being calculated in group footer band. I have attached report before and after the changes. You can see that all the totals are showing blank
  Report File is also attached
  
  
  
  The code I used is as below
  

  wrote:

  Var
  i:Integer;
  
  procedure MasterData1OnBeforePrint(Sender: TfrxComponent);
  begin
  i:=i+1;
  end;
  
  procedure GroupFooter1OnAfterPrint(Sender: TfrxComponent);
  begin
  i:=0;
  end;
  
  procedure GroupFooter1OnBeforePrint(Sender: TfrxComponent);
  begin
  for i:=i to 38 do
  begin
  engine.showband(Child1);
  i:=I+1;
  end;
  end;
  
  begin
  i:=0;
  end.

  
  
  
  
  Regards
  Khawar Naseer
• khawar.naseer

  September 2013 edited 5:18AM

  I know i can do it using variables and getting the total in variable (like running total) but if you know any other solution
• gordk St.Catherines On. Canada.

  September 2013 edited 5:18AM

  it seems like what you want is to just drive the footer down to the page bottom and not print empty rows.
  if this is correct.
  just write code inthe obp of the footer to set the engines cury.
  if engine.cury < predermined value then engine.cury= predeterminvalue.