Report Builder Printing Unlimited Blank Pages

rbuser

I an problem..

When I make an preview.. is just shows 1 (one) page...

But then when I press print.. I get 2.000 x ?? BLANK pages out..

This even if I use PREVIEW + PRINT...

This problem occur on an machine witch have been running for ? year, without
problems.. suddenly it occurs.. without anyone have updated the mashine..

WHAT can it bee??

Exec System:
Windows 2000
HP LaserJet 1100 (Tryed to update with official print driver, DID NOT
work).

Compiled on:
Windows 2000
Delphi 5
Report Builder 6.03





Best Regards
Klaus Ladegaard Jensen
TECHOTEL

E-mail : k.jensen@techotel.dk
Homepage : http://www.techotel.com
Fax : (+45) 36 44 20 06

digitalmetaphors

In nested child report configurations which contain non-reprint on
subsequent groups generated infinite pages when a 0 height group footer was
orphaned at the top of the page. If this is the case in your report, a patch
is available to fix this. Email support@digital-metaphors.com to request it.
Otherwise there are a number of other guidelines to try to solve this
problem.

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Article: TroubleShooting: Report Prints Endless Pages
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Occasionally, we have customers state that their reports are in some
infinite state where page after empty page prints forever.

There are a few items to check when this occurs.

The TppReport.AutoStop property is the first thing to check. If this is
false when the DataPipeline property is unassigned, the endless report will
be the result. AutoStop is automatically set to True when DataPipeline is
set to nil, but it is possible to set it back to False. Check for instances
in your code where you might have created this condition.

Another thing to check is that all subreports in your report have their
DataPipeline set. When a subreport does not have its pipeline set, you will
sometimes see a condition where the first detail record prints and then you
get blank pages.

Another, non-data related cause can sometimes be your margin settings. If
you have stretching bands that need to overflow to the next page, if your
margins are too tight, sometimes the report engine will endlessly overflow
to the next page trying to fit the overflow material. As a test, try setting
DetailBand.PrintHeight to phDynamic. A dynamic height band can overflow to
additional pages as needed.

Still another cause might be having a statically positioned control, set to
ReprintOnOverFlow, in the same band with a stretching control. For instance,
if you have a memo set to stretch and in that same band, a label control set
to ReprintOnOverFlow, then on every page after the first, the memo will
begin to print after the label control. If the label is placed low enough
that the memo has no room to print, the report will forever be trying to
print the overflowing memo on the next page.

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Cheers,

Alexander Kramnik
Digital Metaphors