Index Cards with Overflow

rbuser

Hi,

I am doing a report for index cards. I am treating them like
labels but I have run into a problem when there is more
information then will fit on one card and I would like to
have a continued card. For example: I am printing the
name and address on the top and a list of the members
in the family below.

The detail band height should be static, but the member
list is chopped off instead on overflowing to the next
card (or label). Is this the way it is suppose to work?
I have tried a number of different ways and they all
fail.

I would just set the page size to the height of the card
but the cards come on sheets just like labels.

Any ideas or work arrounds?

Joseph Gordon

rbuser

Joseph,
Sounds like a church database to me

Based upon my work with index cards/labels you would want
a static detail band. How are you assigning the data to the
band now?

I've avoided the problem by having 2 columns of members so
the data always (so far) fits.

Jon

digitalmetaphors

Here is a demo application that would allow you to do this. What the demo
does is this:

1. Before printing the report it calculated the *static* height of the card.
2. The detail band is set to Dynamic Height and the memo is set to Stretch
and KeepTogether. This way if there is more information that can fit on one
card it will overflow onto the next card.
3. Before each detail band prints a check is made to see if the printing
position of the engine is lined up with the next card (chances are it won't
be). The printing position is then set to the top of the next card.

http://www.digital-metaphors.com/tips/PrintingOnCards.zip

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Cheers,

Alexander Kramnik
Digital Metaphors