How to print even empty pages?

rbuser

D5EE RB5.56 Pro

I configured the report to always print a page, even an empty page
([ndMessageDialog,ndBlankPage]). I hooked into the OnNoData event of the
report , but it is not fired when our report supresses printing an empty
detailband. We need all empty pages for documentation, so what's going
wrong?

Thanks again,

Robbi

digitalmetaphors

I think you should use ndBlankReport instead of ndBlankPage

ndBlankPage
The default behavior. No page is generated or sent to the devices. As a
result, the standard Print Preview form will display a single blank page,
and status bar will read 'Page 0.' If the report is a subreport, the engine
will simply exit, without using any page space or adding any draw commands
to the page.

ndBlankReport
The report generates as it normally would and the resulting page is sent to
the devices. The detail band generates only once, creating the effect of an
'empty' report, where all the data aware components are blank and all
formatting components (shapes, lines, labels, etc.) display as normal.


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

Jim,

I'm sorry, but I copied the NoDataBehaviour property value from another
report on the same form :-(

The NoDataBehaviour property is actually set to
[ndMessageOnPage,ndBlankReport]. The problem is that though I have written a
OnNoData event handler this event is not fired when our report supresses
printing an empty detailband. The report is very simple, it only has a
header, one detail band and a footer.

We need all empty pages for documentation, so what might go wrong?

Thanks again,

Robbi

digitalmetaphors

OnNoData fires for my report. If you are using loading a template, you will
need to make sure that the event handler is assigned. See the tech-tips
newsgroup under the Templates thread for more information.


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

I have been using the ndBlankReport option successfully until recently. One
of my reports has a counter for the number of records it shows and when
there are no records it is displaying that there are actually one records on
the report.

Should the calc field not be zero in this case. I presume it is one because
a detail band is being printed.

How can i get around this?

Tony