Default detail record when no details found

[kevin.clinegmail.com]

I have a requirement to print "No Records Found" when there are no detail elements in the report. Can someone tell me how to do this?

 

Also, is there anyway to detect the last detail line on a page and give it a bottom border?

[wegnerk]

I solved this for my report like this:

 

first, i defined a parameter "noData" with a default text like "Sorry, no values" and placed a textfield with that parameter in the summary band.

 

then i used the printWhenExpression of this field like this

Code:

 Boolean.valueOf($V{REPORT_COUNT}.intValue() == 0)

 

and i didn't want the detailband to be printed empty, i just set the report property whenNoDataType to AllSectionsNoDetail.

 

Like this, my NoData is only printed when the report_count is 0 and detailband is not shown.

 

Hope this helps...