Newbie question - shape order

rbuser

Hi there...

This may be an easy (or impossible) one.... I've setup my report so that
the detail section prints with a background shape that is visible on
alternate records. The idea being to highlight alternate rows of the text
so that the report is a bit easier to read. I've added vertical lines to
the report to delineate the different groups of columns, again to make it
easier to read, which span from the header section across the detail
section and into the footer section.

The problem that I have is that the lines for the columns are drawn under
the shapes for the background rows. This produces a rather unpleasant
looking line, visible only where the background object isn't shown. If I
make the line in just the detail section, the object order (move to front,
move to back) works as expected.

I suspect that it does this odd behaviour and ignores the order because
the header/footer objects are drawn first (in whatever order they've been
specified) and then the detail objects are drawn, etc. I'm wondering how
to get around this without having to split the line into three different
objects. As I have many lines on the report, this quickly becomes very
tedious.

Thanks.
Andrew.

nicocizik

Hi Andrew,

One alternative you might try is to use the PageStyle to display any lines
in the background of your report. The PageStyle always prints in the
background of the main report and is great to use with staticly sized forms
and grids. You can access the PageStyle by selecting the Report | Page
Style... option from the Designer menu. This unfortunately would be the
only way to do this without splitting the line into different parts for each
band you want it in.

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