Columns and Fitting to Page

rbuser

I am using RB 10.4 standard.

I have a simple two column report that prints top-to-bottom, with a summary
band that has some DBCalc components that summarize the column data.

Depending on the amount of printed data, the report (including the summary
band), could fit on one page, but the way the columns are printed - the first
column fills all the available area (vertically) and prints part of the next
column - doesn't allow enough room for the summary band.

In reality the output could be adjusted so the amount of data in each column
is somewhat equal, at least balanced enough to be able to fit all bands on the
page.

Is this possible?


TIA

Bill

nicocizik

Hi Bill,

Try assigning the DetailBand.PrintCount property to about half the number of
records that will be printed. This will force the report to start printing
on the next column once the number has been reached.

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Regards,

Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

Nico Cizik (Digital Metaphors) wrote:
Thanks, Nico.


Bill

rbuser

Nico Cizik (Digital Metaphors) wrote:
Nico,

I tried this and it doesn't affect the printing of the summary band. I forgot
to mention that there is also a report footer that is printed on every page as
expected, but the summary page is still only printed on the last page by
itself. (the new page property is set to false, BTW).

I could put the summary information into the report footer and make them
visible only on the last page, I guess.

It would be a nice enhancement if RB could balance the printing automatically.



Bill

nicocizik

Hi Bill,

Thanks for the feedback. I will mark this down as a possible enhancement
for a later release.

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Regards,

Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com