Columns not even at top of report

[Scott B]

Greetings,

I have a report that is in 2 colums. The report has a report header, page
header, group header, detail section and a page footer. The column layout
is set up for down, then across. When I view the report, the detail section
wraps up to above the detail section of the left hand column. Anyone know
of a fix for this?

Best regards,
Scott B

 

[Rick Brandt]

Greetings,

I have a report that is in 2 colums. The report has a report header,
page header, group header, detail section and a page footer. The
column layout is set up for down, then across. When I view the
report, the detail section wraps up to above the detail section of
the left hand column. Anyone know of a fix for this?

Best regards,
Scott B

More likely your first record or two in the first column are blank. I know
of no way for the later columns to start higher on the page than the first
one.

 

[Scott B]

No blanks, but if I take out the page header and group header, it lines up
perfectly.

Scott B

 

[Rick Brandt]

No blanks, but if I take out the page header and group header, it
lines up perfectly.

Ok I missed that before. Only Report Header/Footers and Page Header/Footers
can be wider than your column settings. All Group Header/Footers will be
displayed in columns along with the Detail section so what you are seeing in
the first column is your Group Header.

 

[Scott B]

Rick,

Do you know of a way to force the group header to repeat at the top of the
second column so it evens out the top height?

TFTH
Scott B

 

[Rick Brandt]

Rick,

Do you know of a way to force the group header to repeat at the top
of the second column so it evens out the top height?

Sorry, I don't. You could use a non-snaking main report containing
everything except the detail section and then use a snaking subreport for
the details. That would cause all of the columns to line up, but you have
to use "Across, Then Down" when you use a subreport.

 

[Marshall Barton]

Do you know of a way to force the group header to repeat at the top of the
second column so it evens out the top height?

Set the group header section's RepeatSection property to
Yes.

 

[Rick Brandt]

Set the group header section's RepeatSection property to
Yes.

I tested that before my last response and it didn't make any difference.
Was that changed in later versions? I was testing in A97.

 

[Marshall Barton]

I tested that before my last response and it didn't make any difference.
Was that changed in later versions? I was testing in A97.

Right, I forgot about that. I don't know about A2k, but it
works fine in AXP.