Leader Forms
Our program prints checks, and is made up of a single detail band in the center of the page (and we can adjust it's verticality based on their check forms). 1 check per page.
We have a customer who wants to print 3 checks per page. This is easy enough by adjusting the size of the detail band to 3.5".
But it goes further. Let's say they print just 2 checks. Now they have an slip of paper that could fit 1 more check on it. In QuickBooks, the software asks "Number of Checks on first page". Then it can adjust the first Check down accordingly (and then print as usual the remaining Checks in the batch).
The user places the paper (with room for just one check) on what's called a "Leader Form" to get the printer all coordinated properly.
What would be the preferred Report Builder way to do this? We're playing around with adding a Page Break component, and toggling it's visibility based on the user prompt ("number of checks on first page"). So far our logic works on the first page, but on the second page, the detail band always prints lower than we need.
We have a customer who wants to print 3 checks per page. This is easy enough by adjusting the size of the detail band to 3.5".
But it goes further. Let's say they print just 2 checks. Now they have an slip of paper that could fit 1 more check on it. In QuickBooks, the software asks "Number of Checks on first page". Then it can adjust the first Check down accordingly (and then print as usual the remaining Checks in the batch).
The user places the paper (with room for just one check) on what's called a "Leader Form" to get the printer all coordinated properly.
What would be the preferred Report Builder way to do this? We're playing around with adding a Page Break component, and toggling it's visibility based on the user prompt ("number of checks on first page"). So far our logic works on the first page, but on the second page, the detail band always prints lower than we need.
Comments
Below is link to an rbWiki How To example for skipping X labels. The same concepts would apply to skipping X checks, except there will not be columns, so it is simpler. I recommend creating a Region for the detail band that contains the elements for the check layout - then can toggle Region.Visible False/True depending on whether the current band should print.
http://rbwiki.digital-metaphors.com/design/labels/how-to-skip-first-x-labels/
Best regards,
Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
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