Skipping Record from Printing

rbuser

Hello All,

I'm new to using ReportBuilder and I have a problem that I'm trying to
solve building a report. I have a parent/child relationship with data. I
would like for the child not to print on the report if there is no
record for the child. I'm using ReportBuilder Enterprise Edition ver
9.03. I tried the OnNoData to set it to false, but that didn't seem to
work. Example of what I have. What I need is to print the parent record,
but not print anything for the child record if there is no data. I do
have a shape in the Detail section and label boxes to identify fields.

-------------

Parent Record

-------^ Group Header ---------

Child Record

-------^ Detail ---------------

I hope I explained it clearly

Thanks for your help.
Monty

nicocizik

Hi Monty,

You need to set the SkipWhenNoRecords property of the detail datapipeline to
False. This will allow the master record to print even if there are no
details.

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Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
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rbuser

Nico,

I don't see SkipWhenNoRecords options on my report. How do I get to it?
I went to the Calc tab and chose OnNoData right clicked and chose New
and I have the following, but it's not working

begin

aShowDialog := False

end;

I must be missing something. We are using ReportBuilder from within our
helpdesk system called Infra. It's embeded in the software, not a stand
alone.

Thanks for your help.

Monty

nicocizik

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rbuser

open the help file and search for SkipWhenNoRecords :-)

Edward Dressel
Team DM