Columns inside a subreport

rbuser

I have 2 columns inside a subreport. I want it to traverse top to
bottom then left to right. The subreport does that automatically if I
reach the bottom of the page. How do i control the subreport to wrap
around and print to the rightmost column even if I havent reached the
bottom of the page, that way I dont waste the space on the rightmost
column?

rbuser

dan wrote:

Ive been playing the the subreport and I found out that the key to
achieve the effect I need is the subreport.StopPosition. Now my
question is how do I measure the length of the subreport so I can
determine the right subreport.StopPosition?

nardmoseley

1. Use StopPosition

2. Use Subreport.PrintBeahvior set to pbFixed and size the subreport control
to occupy the desired amount of page space.

3. Set DetailBand.PrintCount to limit the number of rows that are printed
before the column breaks

4. Use LeftToRight column traversal

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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors Corporation
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rbuser

Thanks for your reply. I realized that I can use subreport.stopposition
for my purpose, but Ive been scanning the documentation about getting
the height of the subreport after data has been printed. If I can
somehow programmatically extract the height of the subreport after the
data has been printed. I can dynamically put it to
subreport.stopposition and achieve the results I need at the second
pass. Are there any methods or properties I can access to get the height?

nardmoseley

During the first pass, all pagination for the report is determined.
Therefore you cannot use the second pass to reposition the breaks.


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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors Corporation
http://www.digital-metaphors.com