Group Footer as page footer?

rbuser

Hi, i have a report with a group footer and no page footer, is there a
way to set the group footer position in order to have it at the bottom
of the page?
thanks
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digitalmetaphors

Yes, set the group footer band's PrintPosition property.


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

I supose that was the property to set, but sadly can figure out exactly how
it works.
thanks

digitalmetaphors

Do you have a static height group footer band? If not, then you'll have to
let it generate, without using the PrintPosition property. Then shift all
of the draw commands for the group footer band down to the bottom of the
page. There is a Delphi example project which does this for the summary
band which you can download:

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


You can read the help file for a good explanation. I'll try to describe it
in my own words: This value is going to be applied relative to the current
report units. It is the top starting position of the band on the page. For
your example, if the last detail band ends around 4 inches from the top, and
your page is 10.5 inches tall, you can set the group footer band's print
position to be somewhere in the neighborhood of 9 inches. In this example,
let's say that the group footer band is only 1 inch tall, so if will easily
fit on the page. It should print on the page, starting 9 inches from the
top, and occupying space down to the 10 inch position, taking the margins
into consideration, of course. You'll need to set this value before the
band begins generating, ie. the GroupFooterBand1 BeforePrint event.


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

It has static position, i think i got the idea of the PrintPosition property,
i'll try and tell you.
Thanks a lot!