Headers/footers in sub reports

rbuser

I have a main report that only contains a details band (and nothing
else). This details band contains two sub-reports.

I have a header and footer in each of the 2 sub-reports but neither of
them display on Print Preview or Print. The Header and Footer bands are
set to visible on the two sub-reports.

Can someone help please?

Thanks,

Tim.



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nicocizik

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Tech Tip: Subreport header/footer bands do not print for
Child type subreports.
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For a subreport set to pbChild, the header/footer are not supported.
A child type subreport prints on its parent's page space and
therefore behaves more like a memo.

Options:

1. Use Title/Summary band.

2. Use GroupHeader/GroupFooter. If you need to repeat the header
when a page breaks then then you can create a group and
set StartNewPage to True.


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Regards,

Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

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are

Thank you Nico, it works like a dream.



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rbuser

I have a number of reports which have sub-reports in their headers.

I would like to display my main report's header on every page of the report.

This works as long as I don't include a sub-report in the header. If i
include sub-reports in my header of main report. I lose the header on
everypage.

The sub-reports I include in the header of the main report may include
groups, but not always.

I tried using Nico's Tech Tip.

Where do I use the GroupHeader/GroupFooter? On the main report or the
Sub-reports?


What type of group do I create (Data Field or Custom Field)???? I could
possiblly already have groups in my sub-reports and grouping it another way
could screw things up.

Thanks

Shane

nicocizik

Hi Shane,

The tip I posted refers to using headers and footers inside a child
subreport, not subreports inside headers/footers.

Which version of ReportBuilder are you using? In my quick testing with the
latest version, I was able to successfully place a subreport inside the
header band and the subreport information was displayed at the top of each
page of the report.

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Regards,

Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

Sorry, Im using 7.x. We are registered with 10.X, but we haven't made the
move to it. Not sure when we will be able to.

Shane

nicocizik

Hi Shane,

This should still work with RB 7.04. Try creating a simple minimal report
with a subreport inside the header band and see if the subreport information
shows up on every page.

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Regards,

Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com