You can use the HideDuplicates property to hide a control on a report when its value is the same as in the preceding record. For example, on a report listing suppliers and their products, each supplier's name can appear once for each group of products, rather than once for each product.
Note The HideDuplicates property applies only to controls (check box, combo box, list box, option button, option group, text box, toggle button) on a report.
The property doesn't apply to check boxes, option buttons, or toggle buttons when they appear in an option group. It does apply to the option group itself.
Setting
The HideDuplicates property uses the following settings.
| Setting | Visual Basic | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | True (–1) | If the value of a control or the data it contains is the same as in the preceding record, the control is hidden. |
| No | False (0) | (Default) The control is visible regardless of the value in the preceding record. |
You can set this property by using the control's property sheet, a macro, or Visual Basic.
You can set the HideDuplicates property only in report Design view.
Remarks
You can use the HideDuplicates property to create a grouped report by using only the detail section rather than a group header and the detail section.