BUG: Quick Report Mixes Detail and Header Bands

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b, 5.0, 5.0a

SYMPTOMS

The information in the Detail and Page Header bands of a Quick Report may overwrite text previously placed in the Page Header. The information in the Page Header may appear overwritten in the Report Designer, in preview mode and in printed form.

WORKAROUND

Resize the Page Header band until you can see all the Page Header text again in the Header band.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create a new report in Report Designer.

2. Add the \Samples\Data\Customer.dbf table in the DataEnvironment.

3. Type three lines of text in the Page Header area.

4. Click Quick Report on the System menu.

5. Click OK in Quick Report dialog box to accept everything.

   NOTE: Notice that the text in the Page Header is mixing with the fields in the Detail area.

6. On the View menu, click Preview.