FIX: Reprint Group Header on Each Page Malfunctions

ID: Q149068

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The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b

SYMPTOMS

If you create a report with two or more data groupings with "Reprint Group Header on Each Page" selected for all data groupings, the groupings will print in incorrect order on the first page and on subsequent pages when a new outer grouping starts on a new page.

WORKAROUND

Follow steps 1-7 in the "Steps to Reproduce Problem" section of this article. Then create and run the following program:

   STORE .T. TO lFlag1
   REPORT FORM myreport TO PRINT && or PREVIEW

   PROCEDURE PgHead
   lFlag1 = .T.

   PROCEDURE Grp1
   lFlag1 = .F.

Now make the following changes to the report:

1. Double-click the Page Header bar, and in the Page Header dialog box,

   type the following as the On Entry expression:

   PgHead()

2. Double-click the Group Header 1 bar, and in the Group Header dialog box,

   type the following as the On Exit expression:

   Grp1()

3. For every object in Group Header 2, add the following expression in the

   Print When dialog box:

   lFlag1 = .F.

4. Select the "Remove Line If Blank" check box.

It is possible to expand on this technique. For example if you have three data groupings and you want to reprint the group header on each page, make the following changes to the program:

1. Modify the first line of the program to:

   STORE .T. TO lFlag1, lFlag2

2. Add the following line to the PgHead procedure:

   lFlag2 = .T.

3. Add a procedure:

   PROCEDURE Grp2
   lFlag2 = .F.

4. Modify the report, adding Grp2() as the On Exit expression for Group

   Header 2. Then for every object in the third group, add the following
   as the "Print Only When Expression Is True" condition:

   lFlag1 = .F. AND lFlag2 = .F.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem has been fixed in Visual FoxPro 5.0 for Windows.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

1. Open Orders.dbf from the Testdata database located in the Samples\Data

   subdirectory.

2. Create a new index tag named cust_emp on the expression:

   cust_id + emp_id

3. Create a new report, and add the Orders table to the Data Environment.

4. In the properties sheet of the Data Environment, in the Data tab of the

   Cursor object, set the Order property to cust_emp.

5. Add two Data Groupings to the report, the first (outer) being cust_id

   and the second (inner) being emp_id. In both cases, select the "Reprint
   Group Header on Each Page" check box.

6. Add a label "outer group" to Group Header 1 and "inner group" to Group

   Header 2.

7. Save the report as myreport.

8. Preview the report.

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Version           : 3.00 3.00b
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