SUM Problem (or Trick)

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• gordk St.Catherines On. Canada.

  October 2004 edited 12:37PM

  place memos in the footer and use sumfunctions extended syntax
  ie
  mdband name band1
  has 3 memos containg [tbl."fld1"] [tbl."fld2"] [tbl."fld3"]
  in footer
  3 memos each would contain [Sum([tbl1."fld1"],band1,1)] and so on.
  
  better to use a column footer and column header band
  
  for the same memos in the colum header
  use an if function
  [if expression truevalue,falsevalue] in each memo
  
  [if [page#]> 1 ,[Sum([tbl1."fld1"],band1,1)],0] and so on
  build the memos expression using the expression builder to get the syntax correct.
  
  if this does not give you the correct totals in the header
  then you will have to make report 2pass
  and use arrays to gather each field's sum in footer on first pass
  and then use an if finalpass then code block in the obp of the header sub the values stored in the arrays
  
  if you need info on arrays see the reports demo grouptotals in header for an example.
  
  
  
  
• krshin

  October 2004 edited 12:37PM

  Coool, thanks man!
  Thats It!!!
• bjzhq

  November 2004 edited 12:37PM

  gordk wrote:

  place memos in the footer and use sumfunctions extended syntax
  ie
  mdband name band1
  has 3 memos containg [tbl."fld1"] [tbl."fld2"] [tbl."fld3"]
  in footer
  3 memos each would contain
  better to use a column footer and column header band
  
  for the same memos in the colum header
  use an if function
  [if expression truevalue,falsevalue] in each memo
  
  [if [page#]> 1 ,[Sum([tbl1."fld1"],band1,1)],0] and so on
  build the memos expression using the expression builder to get the syntax correct.
  
  if this does not give you the correct totals in the header
  then you will have to make report 2pass
  and use arrays to gather each field's sum in footer on first pass
  and then use an if finalpass then code block in the obp of the header sub the values stored in the arrays
  
  if you need info on arrays see the reports demo grouptotals in header for an example.
  

  but [Sum([tbl1."fld1"*tbl1."fld2"],band1,1)] is sometimes incorrect data,
  i test with fr3.03&3.05
  
  thanks
• bjzhq

  November 2004 edited 12:37PM

  but [Sum([tbl1."fld1"*tbl1."fld2"],band1,1)] is sometimes incorrect data,
  i test with fr3.03&3.05
  
  thanks
• gordk St.Catherines On. Canada.

  November 2004 edited 12:37PM

  This forum is not for fr3 it is for fr2.5
  so do not expect anything answered here to work in fr3.
  go to fr3 forum or fr3 newsgroup for questions and answers on fr3.
  
• bjzhq

  November 2004 edited 12:37PM

  thank your advice, i go to fr3 forum