Home General
New Blog Posts: Merging Reports - Part 1 and Part 2

Printing with Groups

edited June 2004 in General
I have is a stored procedure that gives me multiple rows of data and each
row of data needs to be displayed in two different formats.

I want to display the data on my report in a certain way for the group and
then in another way on a new page for the same group or row of data. I've
tried using a subreport but that does not give me the results I'm looking
for. Now I'm trying to use a region to display the data. Is there a way to
print this region on a new page then go to the next group and do the same.
Any suggestions?

Thanks for any help,
Jay

Comments

  • edited June 2004
    Hi Jay,

    How exactly would you like your report to look differently page to page?
    The only way to perhaps get an effect like this using Regions would be to
    toggle the visibility of two separate regions based on the page number.
    Please provide me with a little more information on how you would like your
    report to look and I'll find the best solution for your needs.

    --
    Best Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    http://www.digital-metaphors.com
  • edited June 2004
    Thank you for your reply. On the first page I am formatting an invoice for
    an agency which shows the total due less commissions. On the second
    page I want to print information specific to the commissions. All the
    information needed for the report is from one stored proc. There is no
    problem
    with this unless the agency has more than one individual agent and each
    receives an invoice. So I need to print the main invoice then the
    information
    concerning the commssions for each agent.

    What I've done to date is use a region for the second page and drag it to
    the bottom of the page which forces a new page to be printed. Not sure
    this is the best solution and what would happen if the invoice is more than
    one page.

    Related to this invoice I'd like to split the page in two halfs. On each
    line is a different date with each agent and it can become quite long. To
    save paper
    is there a way to start printing on the second half after the first half
    fills.

    Thanks,
    Jay
  • edited June 2004
    Hi Jay,

    You could create the invoice in the main report, then place a Section Style
    Subreport below that, separated into two columns to print the commission
    information. Section Style Subreports will by default start on a new page
    and act as separate reports so they should work well for your needs. If you
    separate it into two columns, the page will be split and once room runs out
    at the bottom, the next column will start.

    --
    Best Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    http://www.digital-metaphors.com
This discussion has been closed.