Page Break on Contract

rbuser

I'm creating a contract that is two pages long. Is there a way to force a
page break in the detail band and have what follows start at the top of the
next page?

I have the RBAddOn components that has a page break, but it seems to have
what follows not start at the top of the next page, but positions it down
low on the page. The shapes above it are reprinted on the next page.

I can do what I want by just spacing down it seems, but I keep having to
guess where the page will break.

Any suggestions or tips? I just want to do what a word processor does with
a ctrl-return, which breaks the page and has what comes next be at the top
of the next page.

David Miller

rbuser

I'm not from Reportbuilder but what I usually do is define a group
based on a custom field and just start a new page on a group.

digitalmetaphors

Since you only have one detail band, you haev a couple of options. One is
to use two region components and set their KeepTogether property to true so
that the second one goes to the next page in order to keep itself together.
Or, you can use two subreports in the detail band. The first subreport in
the detail band shoudl be child type and will print the first page. The
second subreport will print the second page. You can use section style
subreports to print on the next apge, or you can use the child type
subreport (Subreport.PrintBehavior property) to print on a new page by
setting its Titleband.NewPage property. Do you want to reprint the group
header/page header on the second page?


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

rbuser

Thanks Bruce. I was setting up a small test project for you and got to
messing around with the settings more. I already had tried setting the
shift relative property as per your instructions in the help file, but to no
avail. There was another step that I needed to do. The trick was to set
the shift relative for the Page Break component itself to the shape object
right above it. Then it worked as desired. Otherwise, the shape was
reprinting on the next page and what followed the Page Break was printing
below the shape, which as at the bottom of the page, because the shape was a
border around most of the page.

I really like your add on components. They are an extremely important
addition to ReportBuilder for me. I got my $25 worth out of it long ago. I
use the Rich Text merge ability more than anything else. It sure makes
setting up contracts, receipts, etc. much easier. I don't know how I would
have gotten along without them. They also give my end user more component
options when they use the Report Designer because of your enhanced
properties page. Thanks again for a great inexpensive addition to
ReportBuilder.

David Miller.

rbuser

I'm glad you sorted your problem. Thanks for the plug .

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Bruce Roberts
Roberts Browne Limited
RBAddOn Components for Report Builder
http://www.bancoems.com/rbaddon.htm