missing group header value in report

rbuser

Hi,

Hopefully you can help me with a small issue I'm having with a report which
contains 2 groupings. When the particular report is run all the data in
detail and footer bands is displayed correctly however in the uppermost
grouping (directly below the header) I have inserted a field, when the
report is advanced 1 page at a time this field is not displayed (but is
displayed in bands lower down on the same page). When I go back to view the
previous page then the offending field IS visible. Is there something simple
I'm doing wrong ? (the report is configured as 2pass)

regards

Glenn

nicocizik

Hi Glenn,

For future reference, we prefer that you use your real name when posting to
these newsgroups.

Is this a DBText component that is not displaying? Is it connected to the
pipeline that the report is using? As a test, try commenting out your event
code and see if the field is still blank. If not, periodically begin adding
the code back to isolate the problem.

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Regards,

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

rbuser

Hi Nico,

basically its related to the bespoke reporting application recently
discussed with yourself on the forum which you helped me with (RAP enquiry),
sorry for not making this clear in my earlier request. Firstly we are
registered users of RB, I dont have access to the Delphi source as the
application wasnt developed in-house but I can access all the
Data/Calc/Design/Preview functionality through the RB interface. You are
correct in that it is a DBText field which isnt displaying data and this
field is connected to the same pipeline as all other fields.

Are there any other diagnostics which I could perform ?
Glenn

nicocizik

Hi Glenn,

Yes, I apoligize, I forgot what you were working on.

Unfortunately without being able to view or debug the source of the app you
are using, it will be very difficult to track down or fix the bug. The only
reasons, ReportBuilder would not display data in a DBText component is that
it is not connected to a datasource, the datasource is empty or returning an
empty record, or there is some event code changing the output or preventing
the output from occuring.

Does this behavior only occur in a specific band? Perhaps you can work
around the issue by placing the DBText in a different location.

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Regards,

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

rbuser

Glenn,

When you say "field", I assume you are using a DBText object and for what
every reason, the DBText object is not being evaluated. If you use a
variable and assign the field value in the OnCalc event, you can then play
with timing (e.g., look ahead).

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Bob

rbuser

Thanks Nico,

I appreciate its a difficult fault to diagnose given the circumstances, I'll
have a fiddle around with a few things and check everything in detail.
Thanks for the helpful suggestions.

regards

Glenn