Multiple Subreports

[2001 JI Open Discussion]

By: Ken Holzer - kholzer

Multiple Subreports

2002-07-02 13:11

Hi,

 

I am generating a report with 4 subreports. I would like to have these subreports print one after the other on one page. Question I have how to set the y value of the 2nd thru 4th subreport, if I don't know how many rows the 1st report will print?

 

Thanks,

 

Ken

 

 

By: Teodor Danciu - teodord

RE: Multiple Subreports

2002-07-02 23:40

 

Hi,

 

To achieve this, you have to arrange the subreport

elements so that they float one after the other.

 

A subreport element always stretches downwards

to acquire all its content.

Use positionType="Float" for your subreport

elements and put them one after the other vertically.

 

Attention: Let there a gap of at least one pixel

between your subreports. If they overlap, the floating

would not work.

 

However, you will find that with the current version,

due to some other features not implemented yet,

the page break behavior is not always perfect.

 

For best results, make your subreport elements

of height 0 or 1, so that when the page will break,

you don't have extra white space at the beginning

of the page.

 

Good luck!

Teodor

 

 

 

By: Ken Holzer - kholzer

RE: Multiple Subreports

2002-07-03 10:29

Thanks for the help.

 

I did notice that the height needs to be 0 or they stack on top of each other (when I used 1).

 

I made the y value equal to 0,1,2,3 and that all worked. I did notice that if I make the y value 0,1,3,2 then the 3rd subreport prints last. So it goes by the order of the y value. (which is nice if there is a need to reorder the reports at runtime)

 

Thanks again,

 

Ken