Label does not show below a text box with a Can Grow property of y

[Guest]

Hi,

I am creating a report that has a text box based on a memo field. This
field contains text that can vary in length from one sentance to a paragraph.
I set the property of this text box to "Can Grow" = Yes because of this.
Below this I have a label that has some fixed text in it. This is all in my
page header where I want it to be. The problem is that when the can grow =
yes exists for my text box my label dissapears. If I change it to Can grow =
No then the label reappears. I want the can grow to equal to yes and still
have the label to appear. Can anyone help?

Thanks,

 

[Duane Hookom]

This probably happens because Page Header sections can't grow. You might
want to try create a fake page header by creating a new primary sorting and
grouping level with a field/expression of
=1
Display the group header for this grouping level and set the section's
Repeat Section property to Yes. Then move all controls from your Page Header
section to this new =1 Group Header section.

 

[Guest]

Duane,

Thanks for your help. This solved my problem. I do have a follow up
question though. I have added some of our products and quantities to the
detail sections and everything looks fine. I have them added a label with
some text below this in the page footer section. The problem again is that
there is a big gap between where the detail section ends and where the text
in the label starts. I have my label in my page footer right up against the
bottom of my detail section. I set my details section to Can Grow and Can
Shrink to equal yes. Is there a reason why there is a gap here still?

Thanks,

 

[Duane Hookom]

The detail section prints generally at its first opportunity print. The page
footer always prints at the bottom of the page.