Request for explanation

Another problem.
(maybe not a bug, just unable to understand the logic)
1. Place a band on the report.
2. Place a memo field on the report, to the left and top
3. Place a second memo on the band to the right of the
last memo.
4. Make the second align to the band and it only aligns to the right
and all the way up to the left memo. Not to the band itself.
E.G. all the way across the band

BTW D7 FR3.05

Steve Fields

Comments

  • gordkgordk St.Catherines On. Canada.
    edited 12:13PM
    As long as the right memo will interfere with an object to the left it will only move left that far or until it hits another object
    now look at what would happen if the memo to the left was small and auto sized
    as the text gets larger the right memo will move in relation.
    this also allows you to align the memos in a band to each other such that if you wanted to move all objects in the band to the right, then all you need to adjust is the left margin
    if it was the old way then if they both had internal left align one would overwrite the other.
    IMHO it is a good feature.
    ;)
  • edited 12:13PM
    I guess so.

    My only problem was when I would place a memo field on a band, in
    order to get a grey background, such as in a header. If the text of the
    header was autowidth and was aligned to be band-wide the memo I
    would place on the band would disappear and I would lose where it went
    because it's width went to 0. This would work either way, the shadow
    memo field first would make the text memo disappear.
    I guess the only way to work it is to put one above the other and then
    make them both band-wide and then shift one over the other until they
    line up.
    If you were ever to add the ability to make a band, itself, have a frame
    and a color this would not be a problem.

    Steve Fields
  • gordkgordk St.Catherines On. Canada.
    edited 12:13PM
    try using send to back when you add the memo for color then add others over top and see what happens.
    ;)
  • gordkgordk St.Catherines On. Canada.
    edited 12:13PM
    forget that last message
    i see what your up against.
    ;)
  • edited 12:13PM
    Any ideas on how to get around this?
    Or is it maybe fixed in 3.07?

    Thanks
    Steve Fields
  • edited 12:13PM
    This is by design, it's not a bug!

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