Vertical Lines Are Not Printed On Overflow

rbuser

"Houston, we have a problem!"

I designed a detailband with dynamic height depending on a stretching
TppDBMemo. In that detailband there are also placed some vertical lines.
"ParentHeight" and "ReprintOnOverflow" are set "True". But these lines are
not printed on a new page (after the detailband went out of space) until the
next detailband begins.

What can I do? (I'm using RB 6.03 and Delphi 5 Pro)

Regards,
Eric

digitalmetaphors

Where are the lines placed in relation to the memo. If the lines are
position above the memo and print first and then the memo goes to print and
overflows this is not considered overflow as far as the lines are concerned
if they have had a chance to print. You can put everything together in a
Region component and set KeepTogether on the memo to true.

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Cheers,

Alexander Kramnik
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

Hi Alexander,


As "ParentHeight" of the vertical lines is set "True" they are the first to
print, when scanning down the detailband. Then the (streching) memo is
printed until it causes an overflow. On the new page the memo is printed
further as wished. The vertical lines should be printed anyway because of
the ParentHeight property until the detailband has finished.


If you had great memos this suggestion would leave great white areas on the
pages.

Isn't there any way to force printing the lines the whole ParentHeight even
if the detailband is divided in two parts on two pages?

Regards,
Eric

digitalmetaphors

Set StretchWithParent property on the lines. This will cause them to strech
with the memo. ParentHeight won't do that.

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Cheers,

Alexander Kramnik
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

Turns out this problem is the same problem that I posted earlier today
("details band continuing on next page"). In my case I am using tppshapes, not
lines. Setting the StretchWithParent property does not make them stretch.

Bruce

rbuser

Yeah, that's it (ReprintOn Overflow AND StrechWithParent)!

Thank you, Alexander and Bruce until next time!

Eric