Detailband max print position

rbuser

To simplify it, let say i have a 12" papersize, a header band of 4", a
summary band of 4 ".
The detailband must not print in the reserved area of the summary band but
leave the
symmary band free, if the report needs more than one page.

How can i achieve this ?

Thanks, Albert

digitalmetaphors

Use the BottomOffset property of the detail band to force it to not print
into a reserved area of the bottom of the page.


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

Please don't cross post. Thanx

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rbuser

If I use bottomoffset in a detailband, I get an empty space after each
detailband with a height of then bottom offset.

But I dont want a space aera after each detailband, I only want that the
detailband does not print into the last four inches of my paper.

The first page looks like this: The last page looks like this
----------- -----------------
groupheader- groupheader-
band band
--------------- ------------------
Rec.-1 of detailband Rec n+1 of detailband
.... ......
Rec. n of detailband Last rec. of Detailband
------------------- -----------------------
last 4 inches Summary prints
not used here
--------------------- ------------------------

Thanks fopr any help. Albert

rbuser

I also tried to put the summary infos of the report into a footerband with
setting printonfirstpage:=false and printonlastpage:=true. The footerband
doesn't print on the first page correctly but prints on both the 2nd and 3rd
page.

Could I set the footerband.visible property by code in the detailband and
who can I regognise the last detailband ?

Cheers, Albert Kessler

digitalmetaphors

Ok, I see what you want now. Yes, use an empty 4 inch tall footer band, but
on the last page, tell it to not print. There is a
Footerband.PrintOnLastPage boolean property you can set to false to
accomplish this. There is a thread, started on 3.7.2003 which is called
PrintOnFirstPage which covers the problem where you want to determine if the
report is a one page report..


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

Thank you, but I found a solution like this:

- I put the summry info into a footerband, but into a region component
- I set printonfirstpage and printonlastpage to true
- in the footerbandbeforePrint event i set the following code:
ppFooterRegion.visible:=Table1.eof; // only visible on last page

This solution works fine and I realized the power of the region component.

Cheers, Albert

digitalmetaphors

Yes, that works too. The region is a good way to toggle component visibility
in a band. Another good use of regions is to stack one region on top of
another to toggle between printing two different sets of components in the
same band alternatively by only having one region visible at a time.


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors